Re: [Rd] Could the Windows installer edit PATH?

2003-10-10 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 06:53:55AM -0700, Thomas Lumley wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Chris Jackson wrote: > > > Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why do you need to edit PATH? I never have the rw10xx/bin directory > > > in my Desktop PATH. I do set the PATH in a terminal window

Re: [Rd] Could the Windows installer edit PATH?

2003-10-10 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Chris Jackson wrote: > Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why do you need to edit PATH? I never have the rw10xx/bin directory > > in my Desktop PATH. I do set the PATH in a terminal window when > > working with R, but I do that via the shell startup options (.t

Re: [Rd] Could the Windows installer edit PATH?

2003-10-10 Thread Chris Jackson
Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why do you need to edit PATH? I never have the rw10xx/bin directory > in my Desktop PATH. I do set the PATH in a terminal window when > working with R, but I do that via the shell startup options (.tcshrc > in my case). Emacs needs to know the locat

Re: [Rd] Could the Windows installer edit PATH?

2003-10-10 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Why do you need to edit PATH? I never have the rw10xx/bin directory in my Desktop PATH. I do set the PATH in a terminal window when working with R, but I do that via the shell startup options (.tcshrc in my case). It is I believe possible to get the installer to do this, but it may well not b

[Rd] Could the Windows installer edit PATH?

2003-10-10 Thread Chris Jackson
I have just diligently upgraded my R installation for Windows XP Pro to 1.8.0. As an ESS user and R package builder, part of this upgrade process for me always involves editing the PATH environment variable by hand to update the location of the R bin directory. Would it be possible or desirable f