batchfiles 0.4-0 consists of a set of Windows Vista .bat, .hta and .pl files. More information is available on the home page: http://batchfiles.googlecode.com CHANGES - now tested with Vista exclusively (use 0.3-2 instead on XP) - sweave.bat now has no dependencies on the other batch files. With this change all .bat and .hta files now have no dependencies except possibly for R. - RguiStart.bat is like Rgui.bat but takes a single argument which may be an .Rdata file or a folder. It can be placed in your SendTo folder in which case you can right click in Windows Explorer choosing SendTo | RguiStart.bat - Rversions.hta now elevates RSetReg automatically (but you will still be prompted for confirmation) - new toggleDoc.pl perl program from Dieter Menne which unclutters 00Index.html Help files in packages. See sample output at: http://www.menne-biomed.de/download/toggleDoc/00Index.html and try toggling the Show All checkbox to see what it does. - Rversions.bat, Rfind.bat, makepkg.bat and withgs.bat are no longer part of the package but are still available in version 0.3-2. PACKAGE DESCRIPTION (Note that this is a collection of Windows batch and other files available in the CRAN Other area for R as opposed to a package written in R.) batchfiles is a collection of .bat, .hta and .pl scripts that are useful when using R or developing R software. The .bat and .hta files are easy to install as they have no dependencies other than R and they automatically look up R in the registry so no paths have to be set. Just place them all or just those you want anywhere in your path. There are utilities for running R, creating packages, switching the current R version, R scripting and runing sweave as well as others. - Rcmd.bat, R.bat and Rgui.bat are all the same file which query what name it was called by and acts in a similar way to the R .exe files of the same name except that they first attempt to find R by checking the registry and common locations so to use them all you do is put them anywhere in your path. - RguiStart.bat is the same as Rgui.bat except it accepts a single argument that is an R directory or .Rdata file so if you place it in your SendTo folder and right click any folder in Windows Explorer choosing SendTo | RguiStart.bat it will start up R in that folder. If an .Rdata file is right clicked then R starts up loading that file. - sweave.bat will run sweave and the pdflatex and then display the pdf file (or some subset of those depending on switches). It has builtin makefile functionality so it will not proceed to the next step if the prior step has failed. It also creates and displays a backup copy of the pdf with a unique name so two versions of the same pdf file can be simultaneously displayed. - #Rscript.bat can be used as the first line of an R script to make it callable as a batch file. Rscript.bat is a variation of it used differently. - Rtidy.bat reformats R programs. Its primarily included as a simple example of #Rscript.bat . - Rversions.hta - if there are multiple versions of R installed this program locates all versions in the registry and provides a GUI interface with a drop down menu to choose which one you wish to make current. - copydir.bat/movedir.bat copy or move packages from one library to another such as would be done when upgrading R. They will create new copies but will never overwrite any files that are already there so they should be safe to use. - toggleDoc.pl is a perl program which unclutters HTML help files contributed by Dieter Menne. For an example see: http://www.menne-biomed.de/download/toggleDoc/00Index.html _______________________________________________ R-packages mailing list R-packages at r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages