That's interesting but its not in my tree. I downloaded it off the net (all 500MB+ !).
Liaw, Andy <andy_liaw <at> merck.com> writes: : : I don't know the issue, but a search for texi2dvi under my TeXLive tree : found a shell script by that name in the directory : texmf\doc\graphics\texdraw. Can that be made to work, in conjunction with : the shell in the Rtool bundle? Just curious. (This is fpTeX installed from : the TeXLive 2004 CD.) : : Andy : : > From: Gabor Grothendieck : > : > From: Uwe Ligges <ligges <at> statistik.uni-dortmund.de> : > > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: : > > : > > > I noticed a shQuote fix for Windows in the svn logs. : > > > Just wanted to point out that this will favorably : > > > affect texi2dvi on Windows which previously used : > > > UNIX quoting and so generated an incorrect Windows : > > > command. (Note that texi2dvi is used when creating : > > > vignettes.) : > > > : > > > Another problem is that the recommended tex : > > > distribution for Windows, fptex, does not have texi2dvi : > > > in the first place. The alternative, MiKTeX, is harder : > > > to install : > > : > > I heared some people think so, but apparently it is not a : > big problem. : > : > I installed both so I know from experience that MikTex was : > harder to install. : > : > The problem is that its a lot of work to set up a package : > building environment on Windows. There are numerous systems to : > install, TeX, UNIX tools, perl, Microsoft Help plus path problems. : > : > MikTex is just one : > more obstacle. MikTex seems like its a slicker distribution : > package so its too bad its more work to set up. The main : > problems with fptex are not configuration but that (1) the : > package is so large that it takes a long time to download and : > (2) its missing crucial elements, viz. texi2dvi. : > : > > : > > : > > > than fptex but instructions are available : > > > and it does have an equivalent to texi2dvi called texify.exe; : > > > however, R still does not know about texify.exe : > > > resulting in additional installation hassles, : > > > viz. setting the texi2dvi option or setting up a texi2dvi.bat : > > > file yourself that calls texify.exe or just forgetting : > > > about texi2dvi and manually running the necessary tex commands : > > > when creating vignettes on Windows. : > > : > > texi2dvi is also available in MikTeX, see package : > miktex-texinfo-bin. : > > : > > See also ?texi2dvi in R to see how you can set something : > different, e.g. : > > "texify", which is explicitly given in the examples. : > > : > > : > > : > > > There are also additional problems related to using the : > > > perl package-building scripts in Windows. I can create the : > > > zoo vignette using: : > > > : > > > setwd("...whatever...") : > > > Sweave("zoo.Rnw") : > > > texi2dvi("zoo.tex") : > > > : > > > provided I modify the source to texi2dvi to use the : > > > appropriate quoting but even with that modification, : > > > the perl package build scripts only build : > > > the vignette as far as the zoo.tex file and I must : > > > do the rest by hand so there is some problem with : > > > the scripts or in how they interact with R. : > > : > > Are you going to provide a patch? : > : > I assume the shQuote change obviates the need for my kludge to : > texi2dvi. If it were not written in perl I would have looked : > at the script part too but relearning perl provides too high : > an obstacle timewise. It seems that the direction is to move : > the scripts to R anyways so I assume perl will ultimately be : > eliminated from the R distribution simplifying this sort of : > maintenance. : > : > ______________________________________________ : > R-devel <at> stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list : > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel : > : > : : ______________________________________________ : R-devel <at> stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list : https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel : : ______________________________________________ R-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel