See the first paragraph of ?Startup. Andy
> From: Andreas Zankl > > Thanks. Sys.putenv did work, however this has to be set every > time I start R. > > gs is on my path and works fine under Unix, but I get the following > error when running bitmap (without setting R_GSCMD first): > > /bin/sh: line 1: gs: command not found > > I assume the problem is related to the fact that I am using the csh > shell, while the new Mac OS X default shell is now bash. So I guess > my .csh path settings are ignored by R calling bash. I solved the > problem by adding my R_GSCMD settings to the Renviron file > (R_GSCMD=${RGSCMD-'/sw/bin/gs'} in my case). Hope this helps anyone > with the same problem. > > Thanks again for your help! > Andreas > > > > At 12:51 +0100 20.10.2005, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Andreas Zankl wrote: > > > >>The help file of the R bitmap function says that I have to set the > >>environment variable R_GSCMD to the path of my Ghostscript > >>installation. > > > >Actually, it does not say that. It says you _can_ specify the path > >to your executable (not the installation) that way. It will work > >without doing so if the executable 'gs' (on a Unix-alike) is on your > >path, which it normally is on Unix-alikes. > > > >>How do I set this variable (either by commandline or in > >>R.app for Mac)? Sorry if this sounds like a very basic question, but > >>I could not find the answer anywhere else. > > > >?Sys.putenv for how to do it from R. help.search("environment > >variable") got me there. > > > >-- > >Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > >University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > >1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > >Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > > -- > PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------- > Andreas Zankl, MD > Division of Molecular Pediatrics > Clinique Infantile 02/50 > CHUV > Avenue Pierre Decker 2 > CH-1011 Lausanne > Switzerland > Phone: +41-21-3143778 > Fax: +41-21-3143546 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html