Is it possible to run an R script on a layer in QGIS?

I'd like to run an R script on a layer loaded in QGIS (to rotate a set of points created there using the Vector:Research Tools:Regular Points tool). I thought ManageR might work but cannot get it working on OSX ...

Of course, I could do it manually (create layer -> run script from within R -> find output and reload into QGIS) but surely there is a more elegant solution?

Answer

It is possible to get manageR working on OSX (Lion 10.7.2) at least.

It looks like the problem with manageR / rpy2 was actually problems with the previous R builds (2.13 at least) - symlinks were referring to the wrong location.

1. Update R to 2.14 (binary from r-project.org);


2. Reinstall QGIS (Kyngchaos installer);


3. Reinstall GDAL_complete (Kyngchaos again);


4. Reinstall rpy2 (latter via pip), rebooted ...

... and manageR now loads and works. Haven't tried this in Linux yet.

UPDATE: The SEXTANTE plugin can be used to write scripts that call R, with some modifications in OSX to make it work properly.