[Rd] Development environment for R extentions on Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

  On 08/09/2010 1:21 PM, Jeffrey Horner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up a development environment on Windows as the subject
> implies. I've downloaded and installed Rtools211.exe (will upgrade
> later when necessary) and I've also downloaded and installed mingw
> with the help of mingw-get.exe.
>
> I come from a UNIX development background, so I'm at the bash shell
> prompt for just about every step in R extenstion development. Question
> is what is an appropriate environment for Windows development. What
> shell do you use? Do you use cmd.exe with the PATH variable set up by
> Rtools? Do you use the sh.exe that comes with Rtools? I've found the
> bash shell from MinGW to be a pretty close equivalent to bash on UNIX.
> Do you use something else?
>

I've used the bash shell in Cygwin for quite a few years, but I've been 
planning a switch to MSYS sometime.  Cygwin seems to have made some bad 
decisions lately that make it harder and harder to work with.

Duncan Murdoch