[R] RWinEdt install problem

[Murray Eisenberg]

The problem with RWinEdt can be resolved by NOT using User Profiles in 
WinEdt:

I did a clean re-install of WinEdt 5.4, build 20050114.  Then, executing 
"library(RWinEdt)" in the RGui did start up a properly configured 
R-WinEdt session of WinEdt.  No error messages; the expected R buttons 
were now on the R-WinEdt menu bar.

However, it would desirable if RWinEdt were revised so as to be 
compatible with WinEdt User Profiles.  The reason is that WinEdt 
encourages use of User Profiles so that, when one upgrades WinEdt 
itself, the settings are not lost.  (And, in general, the idea of 
separating a program such as WinEdt from user settings for it is a good 
one.)

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> 
>> I cannot get the "R" button to appear in RWinEdt.
>>
>> I'm running R 2.0.1 under Windows XP.  I did a clean install of the 
>> latest WinEdt.  Previously (for an earlier installation of WinEdt) I 
>> had RWinEdt running OK.  Now, even though I have the distributed 
>> RWinEdt_1.6-2.zip extracted to the right place in the R directory, and 
>> when I execute
>>
>>   library(RWinEdt)
>>
>> in the R Console, when RWinEdt opens I do not have the R button on the 
>> toolbar.
>>
>> How do I fix this?
>>
>> In case it matters, note that I'm using a WinEdt User configuration 
>> (i.e., a directory that WinEdt refers to as %b) in addition to the 
>> main WinEdt directory (the one that WinEdt refers to as %B).
> 
> 
> If you don't have write access to the WinEdt directory, you have to copy 
> the R.ini file to, e.g., your local directory (%b), use the *manual* 
> installation procedure as described in the ReadMe, but replace the 
> command line args "-e=R.ini" by the full path specification, e.g.: 
> "-E=/path/to/%b/R.ini"
> 
> In a second (apparently private mail), you told that WinEdt "... 5.4 
> builds ... including the most recent one of 14 January 2005..." do not 
> work with the recent version of R-WinEdt, because "1. The first time, 
> immediately I get a message that WinEdt.ini is corrupted and that a 
> default copy (from the RWinEdt distribution I presume) is being used."
> 
> Is this version also configured to use a User configuration?
> 
> I don't have a WinEdt 5.4 version installed (still working with 5.2), 
> but I will certainly take a look during the next one or two weeks.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 

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