Note that there is a batch file Rgui.bat, etc. here:
http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
that will find R in the Windows registry and then run Rgui.exe so that
you don't need to change any paths each time you do an install. There
is also a command, Rversions.hta, that will display which versions of
Moreover, one may want to script use of R. And while I use R a lot more on
non-Windows systems I do have helper and convenience scripts, PATH settings
etc to create packages on Windows. For that I find it a PITA to have to
adjust things on each upgrade --- and hence some time ago I stopped accept
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Charlotte Maia wrote:
> I think it's a very bad idea to truncate version numbers.
> Version numbers are important, and there may be a critical difference
> x.y.0 and x.y.1.
> Plus there is no guarantee that the updated version is better than the
> previous one.
> H
I think it's a very bad idea to truncate version numbers.
Version numbers are important, and there may be a critical difference
x.y.0 and x.y.1.
Plus there is no guarantee that the updated version is better than the
previous one.
Hence a programmer may need to go back to x.y.0 until x.y.2 is releas
If R-2.10.0 were the current version of R then by default there will
be an R-2.10.0 directory on your machine and when R-2.10.1 comes along
a new directory R-2-10.1 will be created if you use the installation
defaults.
I normally don't use the defaults but rather put all R-2.10.* versions
in the s
