R devel - Nov 2008 - Locating MiKTeX

I came across this program to locate MiKTeX file:

http://docs.miktex.org/2.7/sdk/findfile_8cpp-example.html

If the exe of this were included with R then it seems it might
provide a reliable way to locate MiKTeX which we don't currently have
since AFAIK there is no adequate registry key for MiKTeX.
Since its a tiny program it would not substantially affect the
R download.

(There is also a perl version of the same program there although
it relies on certain perl packages which would also have to be
present complicating things.)

Hi, Gabor, et al.: 

      Could you also please ensure 'plflatex wrapper.tex' work with 
whatever MikTeX installation you include, for 'wrapper.tex' mentioned in
the "Submissions" instructions for R News? 

      This bombed for me when I tried it recently, because I was missing 
multiple LaTeX packages:  When I found one, it asked for another that I 
couldn't easily find.  So I did a maximal install of the latest version 
of MiKTeX.  That involved downloading more that a gigabyte of stuff, 
then cleaning space on my hard drive so I could actually install it.  
The whole process took several days, in between my other work.  It would 
help if it were all part of the standard install. 

      Thanks,
      Spencer     

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> I came across this program to locate MiKTeX file:
>
> http://docs.miktex.org/2.7/sdk/findfile_8cpp-example.html
>
> If the exe of this were included with R then it seems it might
> provide a reliable way to locate MiKTeX which we don't currently have
> since AFAIK there is no adequate registry key for MiKTeX.
> Since its a tiny program it would not substantially affect the
> R download.
>
> (There is also a perl version of the same program there although
> it relies on certain perl packages which would also have to be
> present complicating things.)
>
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