[R] Set R 2.1.1. in English

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Another way is to create a file called Renviron.site with the following
single line:

LANGUAGE=en

and put it in your ...\R\rw2011\etc folder.  In your case,

echo LANGUAGE=en > c:\R\rw2011\etc\Renviron.site

would do it.  This would result in R being in English not only if you
(1) used the shortcut but also if you (2) used the command line to start R
or if you (3) used Start > Programs > R >, rw2011 .



On 8/18/05, Patrick Giraudoux <patrick.giraudoux at univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
> OK. ¨Perfectly clear.
>
> This written for other listers:
>
> Shortcut is the shortcuts ("alias") everybody use to launch applications
> (in French: "raccourci"), and for suckers (as I am): one just have to
> right-click the shortcut used to launch Rgui.exe, select properties
> ("propriétés" in French) and add in the box target ("cible" in French)
> LANGUAGE=en to the path. In my case: C:\R\rw2011\bin\Rgui.exe. Thus, it
> makes C:\R\rw2011\bin\Rgui.exe LANGUAGE=en. Then click OK.
>
> It works fantastic!!!!
>
> Thanks a lot for this. It makes three weeks I was grumling everytime
> (often) I started R, and frustrated with the SDI mode...
>
> Patrick Giraudoux
>
>
>
> Prof Brian Ripley a écrit :
>
> > 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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