Have a look at Rfind.bat in http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles/
which uses the registry to find various software used by R. On 8/28/06, Friedrich Leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:45:00 -0700, > >>>>> Martin Morgan (MM) wrote: > > > [A build system misconfiguration at Bioconductor lead to a discussion > > about whether \usepackage{Sweave} should be included in .Rnw > > documents. Leaving this line out causes a problem on Windows, as > > indicated below.] > > > I think the problem is '~', which should, according to Donald > > Arseneau's comment in this thread > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/640e89078d0697c4/5b6f9fc6b0da21bf?lnk=gst&q=windows+file+path&rnum=4#5b6f9fc6b0da21bf > > > be \string~. If this is the correct change, perhaps an upstream fix > > could be introduced in src/library/util/R/Sweave.R. > > Sorry to join in late, I am currently at a conference with limited > access to the Internet. I am not su sure how easy it is to make the > conversion, i.e. if it is save to unconditionally change all tildes in > the path as suggested above. Does anybody have any experience wether > that is save on all platforms and TeX installations? > > Personally I think it would make a lot of sense if the Bioconductor > check machines could include a version of RHOME/share/texmf in their > TeX input path ... that would also allow to use Rd.sty etc. > > Otherwise most of what has been said in this thread is true: The full > path is inserted into the document by Sweave such that you donnot have > to copy something from RHOME to your tex installation every time you > install a new version of R. > > On Unix it is easy: Put /usr/local/lib/R/share/texmf (or wherever you > typically install your default R) into your tex path and you are > done. On windows the normal R installation path contains the version > number, so this will fail. Hence I did the path thing in R as a > convenience for authors (and to make sure that R version and > Sweave.sty are consistent, but the .sty is pretty stable anyway). > > Maybe the installer could/should create > > c:\programme\R\R-latest > > as a link to the newest installed version? > > Just a thought. > > Best, > Fritz > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel