On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote: > I can't get R to connect to the internet. I am running R 1.7.1 on > Windows XP and whenever I try to download packages etc from within R > using the internet, it fails. > > OK so I am behind a firewall and use a proxy server.... > > SO, if I go to my MS-DOS prompt and type: > > RGui.exe --internet2 > > everything works.... > > BUT i can't set up a shortcut for this as Windows (I hate Windows) > complains that RGui.exe --internet2 is invalid and won't save it
Please ask someone who has a lesser aversion to your operating system (if you hate it, why use it?) to show you how to make a shortcut. It can be done, but you do need to give the full path to the executable in the Target field, and you may need quotes in the correct places. -- 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 https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
