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...and have installed R studio on it. That works fine if I say write a little prog directly into it or paste R script from a word doc. But if I try to open an R prog (which I've written elsewhere, the laptop doesn't recognise it as an R prog. Instead it gives me a little icon with a pair of binoculars and says to try to find an app for opening said file. But up to now I can't find anything on the net which will open the R files in the same way as they simply do on my desktop or old laptop. I'd be grateful for any ideas or pointers Thanks Nick Wray [[alternative HTML version delete...

...and have installed R studio on it. That works fine if I say write a little prog directly into it or paste R script from a word doc. But if I try to open an R prog (which I've written elsewhere, the laptop doesn't recognise it as an R prog. Instead it gives me a little icon with a pair of binoculars and says to try to find an app for opening said file. > > But up to now I can't find anything on the net which will open the R files in the same way as they simply do on my desktop or old laptop. > > I'd be grateful for any ideas or pointers If you open RStudio, and use the...

...op and have installed R studio on it. That works fine if I say write a little prog directly into it or paste R script from a word doc. But if I try to open an R prog (which I've written elsewhere, the laptop doesn't recognise it as an R prog. Instead it gives me a little icon with a pair of binoculars and says to try to find an app for opening said file. > > > > But up to now I can't find anything on the net which will open the R files in the same way as they simply do on my desktop or old laptop. > > > > I'd be grateful for any ideas or pointers > > If you...

...and I don't remember if webmail lets me search, etc. Does this make more sense? And, as I said, I really like, and am proud, of working where I do (this *is* civilian sector), and like most of the folks I'm working with, a number of whom I count as friends, and, well, I only need low-power binoculars, not a large reflecting telescope to see retirement headed my way, so I do *not* want to jobhunt. mark