[R] Set working directory by dragging text file onto R shortcut? [WinXP, unfortunately]

2009-05-11 Thread Mark Na
Hi R-helpers, I must use WinXP at work, and I'm missing a particular feature that's available in R on my Mac at home... In WinXP I would like to launch R by dragging and releasing a text file on top of the R shortcut on my desktop. Then, I would like the working directory to be automatically set

Re: [R] Set working directory by dragging text file onto R shortcut? [WinXP, unfortunately]

2009-05-11 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
There are a several possibilities using batchfiles whose home page is at: http://batchfiles.googlecode.com When on that home page note that there are different versions of these utilities for XP and Vista. There are two utilities that could be used. Description is for Vista so for XP you may

Re: [R] Set working directory by dragging text file onto R shortcut? [WinXP, unfortunately]

2009-05-11 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11/05/2009 6:30 PM, Mark Na wrote: Hi R-helpers, I must use WinXP at work, and I'm missing a particular feature that's available in R on my Mac at home... In WinXP I would like to launch R by dragging and releasing a text file on top of the R shortcut on my desktop. Then, I would like the

Re: [R] Set working directory by dragging text file onto R shortcut? [WinXP, unfortunately]

2009-05-11 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
One additional way to use this is to place RGuiStart.bat on your desktop and then you can drag a folder to it. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendi...@gmail.com wrote: There are a several possibilities using batchfiles whose home page is at: