R help - Apr 2017 - Setting .Rprofile for RStudio on a Windows 7 x64bit

Use the R command
  dir(c(".", Sys.getenv("HOME"), R.home("etc")),
pattern="Rprofile")
to see if there are any file names with the unwanted ".txt" and use
file.rename() to fix them up.
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:06 AM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com>
wrote:
> I believe someone already mentioned it, but notepad makes it hard to
> save a file without the ".txt" extension to its name.  R does not
do
> anything with .Rprofile.txt, only .Rprofile, so you must figure out a
> way to work around notepad's mangling of the file name.
> Bill Dunlap
> TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD <br at dmstat1.com>
wrote:
>> Bert:
>> I used note pad under Administrator. The code:
>> options(prompt="R> ")
>> set.seed(12345)
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> ______________
>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>> The Significant Statistician?
>> (516) 791-3544
>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I cannot add to the instructions that you have already been given
>>> regarding .Rprofile.
>>>
>>> But what code did you use in your .Rprofile to set the prompt? The
>>> posting guide explicitly requests that you provide your code,
although
>>> maybe you already did earlier in this extensive thread.
>>>
>>> ?options
>>>
>>> is how it can be set. Did you do this?
>>>
>>> -- Bert
>>>
>>> Bert Gunter
>>>
>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep
coming along
>>> and sticking things into it."
>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County"
comic strip )
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD <br at
dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>>> David:
>>>> When I launch Rstudio the effects of the Rprofile do not show,
e.g., I want the prompt to be "R> " instead of the default
"> ". The former doesn't show.
>>>> Bruce
>>>>
>>>> ______________
>>>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>>>> The Significant Statistician?
>>>> (516) 791-3544
>>>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>>>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:34 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius
at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

Bill:
Here's what I got:

dir(c(".", Sys.getenv("HOME"), R.home("etc")),
pattern="Rprofile") [1] "Rprofile.site"


Bruce Ratner, Ph.D.
The Significant Statistician?
(516) 791-3544
Statistical Predictive Analtyics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
Machine-Learning Data Mining and Modeling -- www.GenIQ.net
  

William Dunlap wrote:
> Use the R command
>    dir(c(".", Sys.getenv("HOME"),
R.home("etc")), pattern="Rprofile")
> to see if there are any file names with the unwanted ".txt" and
use
> file.rename() to fix them up.
> Bill Dunlap
> TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:06 AM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at
tibco.com> wrote:
>> I believe someone already mentioned it, but notepad makes it hard to
>> save a file without the ".txt" extension to its name.  R does
not do
>> anything with .Rprofile.txt, only .Rprofile, so you must figure out a
>> way to work around notepad's mangling of the file name.
>> Bill Dunlap
>> TIBCO Software
>> wdunlap tibco.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD <br at
dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>> Bert:
>>> I used note pad under Administrator. The code:
>>> options(prompt="R> ")
>>> set.seed(12345)
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> ______________
>>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>>> The Significant Statistician?
>>> (516) 791-3544
>>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I cannot add to the instructions that you have already been
given
>>>> regarding .Rprofile.
>>>>
>>>> But what code did you use in your .Rprofile to set the prompt?
The
>>>> posting guide explicitly requests that you provide your code,
although
>>>> maybe you already did earlier in this extensive thread.
>>>>
>>>> ?options
>>>>
>>>> is how it can be set. Did you do this?
>>>>
>>>> -- Bert
>>>>
>>>> Bert Gunter
>>>>
>>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep
coming along
>>>> and sticking things into it."
>>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County"
comic strip )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD <br at
dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>>>> David:
>>>>> When I launch Rstudio the effects of the Rprofile do not
show, e.g., I want the prompt to be "R> " instead of the default
"> ". The former doesn't show.
>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>
>>>>> ______________
>>>>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>>>>> The Significant Statistician?
>>>>> (516) 791-3544
>>>>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>>>>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:34 PM, David Winsemius
<dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>

I should haved added full.names=TRUE to the dir() call.  I you add
that I'd expect that you would see ".../etc/Rprofile.site".  What
do
you see when you do

     writeLines(readLines(".../etc/Rprofile.site")

and
     source(echo=TRUE, ".../etc/Rprofile.site")

(replace the ellipsis by whatever dir(full.names=TRUE,...) showed).
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:24 AM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com>
wrote:
> Bill:
> Here's what I got:
>
> dir(c(".", Sys.getenv("HOME"),
R.home("etc")), pattern="Rprofile") [1]
> "Rprofile.site"
>
>
> Bruce Ratner, Ph.D.
> The Significant Statistician?
> (516) 791-3544
> Statistical Predictive Analtyics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
> Machine-Learning Data Mining and Modeling -- www.GenIQ.net
>
>
> William Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> Use the R command
>>    dir(c(".", Sys.getenv("HOME"),
R.home("etc")), pattern="Rprofile")
>> to see if there are any file names with the unwanted ".txt"
and use
>> file.rename() to fix them up.
>> Bill Dunlap
>> TIBCO Software
>> wdunlap tibco.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:06 AM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at
tibco.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe someone already mentioned it, but notepad makes it hard
to
>>> save a file without the ".txt" extension to its name.  R
does not do
>>> anything with .Rprofile.txt, only .Rprofile, so you must figure out
a
>>> way to work around notepad's mangling of the file name.
>>> Bill Dunlap
>>> TIBCO Software
>>> wdunlap tibco.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD <br at
dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Bert:
>>>> I used note pad under Administrator. The code:
>>>> options(prompt="R> ")
>>>> set.seed(12345)
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
>>>>
>>>> ______________
>>>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>>>> The Significant Statistician?
>>>> (516) 791-3544
>>>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>>>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567
at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I cannot add to the instructions that you have already been
given
>>>>> regarding .Rprofile.
>>>>>
>>>>> But what code did you use in your .Rprofile to set the
prompt? The
>>>>> posting guide explicitly requests that you provide your
code, although
>>>>> maybe you already did earlier in this extensive thread.
>>>>>
>>>>> ?options
>>>>>
>>>>> is how it can be set. Did you do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Bert
>>>>>
>>>>> Bert Gunter
>>>>>
>>>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people
keep coming along
>>>>> and sticking things into it."
>>>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom
County" comic strip )
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Bruce Ratner PhD
<br at dmstat1.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> David:
>>>>>> When I launch Rstudio the effects of the Rprofile do
not show, e.g., I
>>>>>> want the prompt to be "R> " instead of the
default "> ". The former doesn't
>>>>>> show.
>>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ______________
>>>>>> Bruce Ratner PhD
>>>>>> The Significant Statistician?
>>>>>> (516) 791-3544
>>>>>> Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
>>>>>> Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:34 PM, David Winsemius
<dwinsemius at comcast.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________
>>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and
more, see
>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
code.
>>
>>
>>
>