David: When I launch Rstudio the effects of the Rprofile do not show, e.g., I want the prompt to be "R> " instead of the default "> ". The former doesn't show. Bruce
______________ Bruce Ratner PhD The Significant Statistician™ (516) 791-3544 Statistical Predictive Analytics -- www.DMSTAT1.com Machine-Learning Data Mining -- www.GenIQ.net > On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:34 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> On Apr 16, 2017, at 3:43 PM, BR_email <b...@dmstat1.com> wrote: >> >> Peter: >> Thanks for reply and suggestion. >> Sorry, I am not sure how to assess. >> The doc is too technical for me to understand. >> I found multiple instructions online and in R and RStudio books. >> I'm doing what it says, but no success. > > What is "it" and what is "lack of success"? > >> The instructions are simple as a-b-c, but some setting within the Windows >> system must be the culprit. > > Although the RStudio page immediately below was done with a Mac, I suspect > there are similar selection panels and dialogs on the Windows version of > RStudio. > > https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200549016#general > > When I look at the Windows installation advice I see near the top: "When > installing on a 64-bit version of Windows the options will include 32- or > 64-bit versions of R (and the default is to install both)." So is it possible > that RStudio is looking at a different version of R than you believe it > should be, perhaps at the 32 bit R versus the 64 bit one? The result at the > beginning of this thread makes me think you got the 32-bit one connected to > RStudio. > > And I say again: I believe problems in configuring RStudio are off-topic for > Rhelp and you should have been searching or posting question either to the > RStudio support or StackOverflow. Looking at the responses to the queries > above and the ones found below, it appears to me that there are > RStudio-specific issues that go beyond what is in the `help(Startup)` or > equivalent `help(.Rprofile)` page. I gave an instance of an SO search > upthread and I offer another SO search: > > http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20environment%20variables%20windows > > I thought that this one below had potentially useful information, but I am > not a Windows user (and you have not shown an inclination in offering a > complete description of your efforts at following that advice. At any rate it > would have been more appropriate to respond to the SO answers that were > ineffective or to post a question there with full description of your efforts > and content of your .Rprofile file and your current environment variable > settings.) > > http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20rprofile%20windows > > -- > David > >> >> Regards, >> Bruce >> >> Bruce Ratner, Ph.D. >> The Significant Statistician™ >> (516) 791-3544 >> Statistical Predictive Analtyics -- www.DMSTAT1.com >> Machine-Learning Data Mining and Modeling -- www.GenIQ.net >> >> peter dalgaard wrote: >>> Um, tried help(.Rprofile) lately? >>> >>> -pd >>> >>>> On 17 Apr 2017, at 00:08 , Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 17/04/17 08:46, John C Frain wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Bruce >>>>> >>>>> The official documentation for these startup files can be obtained with >>>>> the command >>>>> >>>>> Help(Startup) >>>> >>>> Minor point of order, Mr. Chairman. That should be: >>>> >>>> help(Startup) >>>> >>>> There is (as far as I know) no such function as "Help()". It is important >>>> to remember that R is case sensitive. >>>> >>>> Another point that is worthy of thought is "How in God's name would any >>>> beginner know or find out about the usage help(Startup)?" Unless they >>>> were explicitly told about it, in the manner which you just demonstrated. >>>> The usage gets a mention in "An Introduction to R" --- but I had to search >>>> for it. >>>> >>>> To me the word "startup" is not terribly intuitive. I would tend to >>>> search for "starting" rather than "startup", I think, but I'm not sure >>>> what the average beginner would search for. A search of "An Introduction >>>> to R" for "starting" gets seven or eight hits, one of which is relevant. >>>> So it all takes patience and persistence. >>>> >>>> Also note that "An Introduction to R" mostly uses the word "startup" >>>> (lower case "s") and only uses "Startup" twice. Note also that >>>> >>>> help(startup) >>>> >>>> fails. You have to get that initial "S" right. >>>> >>>> This isn't a criticism of the documentation. I'm just pointing out that >>>> there are problems, mostly insoluble. Until some clever Johnny gets on >>>> with developing that mind_read() function referred to in fortune(182). >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> >>>> Rolf Turner >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Technical Editor ANZJS >>>> Department of Statistics >>>> University of Auckland >>>> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>>> 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. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
