[R] Modyfing PATH in Windows Installer for R

BXC (Bendix Carstensen)
Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:13:21 -0000

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Henrik
> Andersson
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:44 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Modyfing PATH in Windows Installer for R
>
>
> Just a small suggestion since Windows have a file system not designed
> for command line use...

I would strongly disagree on that one, it is just an unusually well kept
secret.
Just open a command window in windows and type "cmd /?" and you will
get
an
introduction to a lot of useful features, such as filename completion
etc.
I run windows 2000 almost exclusively from the commnd line, and it's
just about
as versatile as the Linux command promp, albeit with slightly different
command
names. For some odd reasons the commands available are kept in the
windows help
under the heading "MS-DOS commands" even though DOS is long dead. And
if
you have
loaded the utilities recommended for building R-packages you have almost
all you want.

Bendix Carstensen
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>
> Would it be possible to add the possibility of automatically
> adding/modifying the path to the R executables in the windows
> installer
> program?
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Henrik Andersson
> Netherlands Institute of Ecology -
> Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology
> P.O. Box 140
> 4400 AC Yerseke
> Phone: +31 113 577473
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