On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:41:26 -0400, "Joann Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Fatal Error: Invalid HOMEDRIVE".
I've now put two fixes in place for this. In r-patched (that will probably become 1.9.1), I've just put in a workaround so that R will start even when Windows isn't supplying HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH as it should. Those users who have this problem may find that it is inconsistent about which directory it chooses for R_USER: if HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH are present, it will use those, if not, it will use the current directory. In r-devel (that will become 2.0.0 in the fall), I've changed the logic slightly, to use the Windows "personal" directory (normally "C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents" in XP) if possible. This should be consistent, and if the documentation is correct, should allow "roaming" users to keep their settings as they move from machine to machine. I'd appreciate it if anyone who has had these problems could try one or both of the new versions. They should be available for download from CRAN tomorrow. Go to <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base> and follow the links near the top of the page to r-patched or r-devel. If you don't want to use the test versions, then the workaround with 1.9.0 is to put "R_USER=some valid path" in the command line that starts R. Thanks! Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
