htang at hpl.hp.com
2006-Jun-12 20:09 UTC
[Rd] documentation for "Startup" should be clearer about system Rprofile (PR#8969)
Full_Name: Hsiu-Khuern Tang Version: 2.3.0 OS: Debian GNU/Linux Submission from: (NULL) (15.243.169.73) On reading ?Startup, I cannot find anything that says that R_HOME/library/base/R/Rprofile is always run. The "Note" section does say that R_HOME/etc/Renviron is distinct from the site-wide Renviron file, so I think this is a natural place to also mention that base/R/Rprofile is distinct from the site-wide Rprofile file. In addition, it would be helpful to indicate when base/R/Rprofile is run: after reading the Renviron files and before reading the site-wide Rprofile file. I suppose one possible reason for not including this information is that users are not supposed to alter base/R/Rprofile. Thanks, Hsiu-Khuern.