This is covered in the rw-FAQ, and is a bug in some (obselete and unsupported by Microsoft) versions of Windows.
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, David Orlovich wrote: > No problem on a Mac running X11 (the best platform ;) The comparison should be with MacOS ca 1995, which I think runs neither R nor X11. > [David-Orlovichs-Computer:~] orlovich% /usr/local/bin/R > > R : Copyright 2003, The R Development Core Team > Version 1.6.2 Patched (2003-01-23) > > <snip> > > > x<-"�" > > x > [1] "�" > > > > On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 09:50 AM, Marc Schwartz wrote: > > >>>> x<-"�" #no problem > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > -- 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 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
