I am used to using R under unix. I have a problem with R under Windows-2000: Suppose I have a plain text file code.r full of R code that I want to source into R. My problem is that Windows invisibly tacks ".txt" onto the end of the filename (the name looks like code.r but it is really code.r.txt). How to get windows to both allow me to call it code.r (for real! Not code.r.txt) and to edit it as a text file by default (say with Notepad)? BTW is there any way to get Windows to stop its fiddling with the filename extensions? If I call something file.txt it appears as file (although the real name is file.txt) Thanks for any help. Bill Simpson -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
put quotation marks before and after your file name: e.g. you want to save
it as xxxx.r, then you should input it as "xxxx.r".
hope it helps.
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I am used to using R under unix. I have a problem with R
under Windows-2000:
Suppose I have a plain text file code.r full of R code
that I want to source into R. My problem is that Windows
invisibly tacks ".txt" onto the end of the filename (the name
looks like code.r but it is really code.r.txt). How to get
windows to both allow me to call it code.r (for real! Not
code.r.txt) and to edit it as a text file by default (say
with Notepad)?
BTW is there any way to get Windows to stop its fiddling with the filename
extensions?
If I call something file.txt it appears as file (although the real name is
file.txt)
Thanks for any help.
Bill Simpson
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William,> Suppose I have a plain text file code.r full of R code > that I want to source into R. My problem is that Windows > invisibly tacks ".txt" onto the end of the filename (the name > looks like code.r but it is really code.r.txt). How to get > windows to both allow me to call it code.r (for real! Not > code.r.txt) and to edit it as a text file by default (say > with Notepad)? >BTW is there any way to get Windows to stop its fiddling with the filename >extensions? >If I call something file.txt it appears as file (although the real name is >file.txt)In the explorer go to the extras->folder options->views tab (translated from german, might not match exactly). There you can uncheck "hide extensions of known file-types". Beside that you might change your text-editor, notepad always fiddles around with the extensions. Try texpad with the s-plus code-color-scheme or winedt with the r-macros. Both really nice. Daniel -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
More you need to tell us how you get Windows to add the extension.
I think the solution is to use a real editor: NTemacs, Xemacs, PFE, ....
(WinEdt if you want to pay for it.)
BTW, R can source("foo.r.txt").
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Simpson, William wrote:
> I am used to using R under unix. I have a problem with R
> under Windows-2000:
> Suppose I have a plain text file code.r full of R code
> that I want to source into R. My problem is that Windows
> invisibly tacks ".txt" onto the end of the filename (the name
> looks like code.r but it is really code.r.txt). How to get
> windows to both allow me to call it code.r (for real! Not
> code.r.txt) and to edit it as a text file by default (say
> with Notepad)?
>
> BTW is there any way to get Windows to stop its fiddling with the filename
> extensions?
> If I call something file.txt it appears as file (although the real name is
> file.txt)
It hides them in Explorer (but that's a tiny part of Windows). Go to
Folder Options, View, untick `Hide extensions for known file types'.
Surely you can find some local advice on such things?
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