[Bioc-devel] [biocore] Sweave changes (keep.source = TRUE or FALSE?)

[Friedrich Leisch]

>>>>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:32:25 +0000 (GMT),
>>>>> Prof Brian Ripley (PBR) wrote:

[...]

  >> > Is it not possible to fix the windows path generation problem at
  >> > the R level instead?
  >> 
  >> It is not an R problem, but a latex problem: The default path to an R
  >> installation on an *English* windows machine (path depends on
  >> language) is
  >> 
  >> C:\Program Files\R\...
  >> 
  >> and the blank is something latex cannot handle.

  > In Windows R, use shortPathName():

Been there, seen that ;-(

Then you get tildes in your path, which latex doesn't like
either. That was the discussion which we had in August, see

  http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/06/08/6675.html
  http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/06/08/6697.html

and the thread leading to those two. I did look for *reliable*
alternatives, but found none and hence want to follow your advice and
stop *automatically* inserting a path which will most likely not work
on the platform most users have.


Best,
Fritz