R help - Dec 2005 - langugae settings

Hi

I just installed R 2.2.0 on Windows 2000. I was quite surprised to find the
console language set to german (I live in the german part of Switzerland).

In the last hour I read the FAQ and I searched the mail archives, but I
failed to change the language according to the instructions given. The only
thing which worked was to change the locale location settings to English (UK
or United States).

Perhaps I am too stupid to understand the instructions given in the FAQs.
Thus, I would be very thankful if someone could give me clear advice (I am a
biologist and not a techie) how to change the language permanently.

I think it would also be great if in future versions of R it would e
possible to change the language during the installation.

thanks in advance

Ariel Bergamini

Hi Ariel,

ok, you want to change the language?

Right click on the R icon on the desktop, choose "Properties". In the 
field "Destination" you add at the end of the line":

 language=it" (Italian)   or   " language=fr" (French)

Then the line should look somewhat like: (for Italian)

C:\Programs\r\R-2.2.0\bin\Rgui.exe language=it

Now you can start R.

Christian

You can change the language setting during the
installation, it is just not that obvious though.In
the "selection components" step of installation,
uncheck the "message translations".It should be OK
then.

--- Ariel Bergamini <ariel.bergamini at gmx.ch> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I just installed R 2.2.0 on Windows 2000. I was
> quite surprised to find the
> console language set to german (I live in the german
> part of Switzerland).
> 
> In the last hour I read the FAQ and I searched the
> mail archives, but I
> failed to change the language according to the
> instructions given. The only
> thing which worked was to change the locale location
> settings to English (UK
> or United States).
> 
> Perhaps I am too stupid to understand the
> instructions given in the FAQs.
> Thus, I would be very thankful if someone could give
> me clear advice (I am a
> biologist and not a techie) how to change the
> language permanently.
> 
> I think it would also be great if in future versions
> of R it would e
> possible to change the language during the
> installation.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Ariel Bergamini
> 
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