On 10/28/2006 10:49 AM, Michael Prager wrote: > I would like to start building R packages under Windows XP. I > have programming experience and a minimal but working knowlege > of many Unix (-like) programming tools. The package functions > (for now) will be from R source, not C or Fortran. > > I've installed Rtools, Perl, the MS hhc, and so on. I am > setting up a command shell with the correct PATH for building > packages. (The master Windows PATH points to different > versions of make and grep that I prefer for my usual work.) > > Two questions: > > 1. GUIDANCE. Is the Peter Rossi document now the best place > to look for detailed guidance? I have located it at > > http://www1.appstate.edu/~arnholta/Software/MakingPackagesUnderWindows.pdf > > The links to it on the R Project Website are no longer good. I > am also reading at the latest version of "Writing R > Extensions."
An appendix of the R Installation and Administration manual is kept up to date with each release; the web page (http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/) contains the most current information. > > 2. LATEX. In Rossi's paper, fpTeX is recommended (I use VTeX > in everyday work). However, fpTeX has been discontinued by > the author. What is the best way to get an R-compatible TeX > installation for this work? (or might I get VTeX working -- > its command line is idiosyncratic but it can create PDF, DVI, > or HTML directly from LaTeX source)? I use mikTeX. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
