[R] Possible bug in file.choose() - how to tell?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Hans-Peter wrote:

> 2005/6/15, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
>> OS? R version? Locale?
>
> Win2000, SP4 - 2.1.0 -
> "LC_COLLATE=German_Switzerland.1252;
> LC_CTYPE=German_Switzerland.1252;
> LC_MONETARY=German_Switzerland.1252;
> LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=German_Switzerland.1252"
>
>> This is a known problem with R 2.1.0 on Windows in some locales, solved
>> long ago in R-patched.
>
> True. It works perfectly with 2.1.0 patched. Thanks.
>
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> Yes, that does apply to you!  Please do supply the basic information it
>> asks for.  If you want to allege a bug, so read carefully the section on
>> BUGS in the FAQ.
>
> Ok. - For the next time: could I have found out myself, that this was solved?
> (I did search the mail archiv and the r-project website; and also had
> a look at the NEWS)

That section asks WIndows users to look at the CHANGES file: it is
documented there.


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