[R] Set R 2.1.1. in English

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Patrick Giraudoux wrote:

>> (whish R
>> 2.1.1 could be parametrise 'English' even with a French Windows XP!!!!)
>> 
>> If I understand you correctly, it can.  Just add LANGUAGE=en to the 
>> shortcut.

> Wonderful hope but not sure to catch what you term "shortcut". I tried to add 
> this command in C:\R\rw2011\etc\Rprofile, the .Rprofile in the folder my 
> documents, but this cannot be understood from there...  which obviously shows 
> that "shortcut" is not a general term for profiles! I have also

See the rw-FAQ Q2.2.
`Shortcut' is the standard name for files on Windows with extension .lnk.

Another way is to add this to HOME/.Renviron: see the rw-FAQ Q2.17

> unsuccessfully looked for a file "shortcut" in the rw2011 folder. I also 
> tried and went through the R-help archive. There were some exchanges on this 
> subject and Asian languages some weeks ago but what I have tried and adapt on 
> this basis did not work.
>
> The objective would be to have R in  English (thus additionnally allowing MDI 
> mode with R-WinEdt, which is not the case with any other language) and to 
> keep Windows XP and other applications in the foreign (= French, here) 
> language.
>
> Thanks for any further hint,
>
> Patrick Giraudoux
>
>
>

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