[R] Package development on Windows - latest guidance?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

There are pointers to information in the links section of:
   http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/
and some XP batch files that facilitate using R and
building packages on XP.  Regarding LaTeX, use MiKTeX.


On 10/28/06, Michael Prager <mike.prager at noaa.gov> wrote:
> I would like to start building R packages under Windows XP.  I
> have programming experience and a minimal but working knowlege
> of many Unix (-like) programming tools. The package functions
> (for now) will be from R source, not C or Fortran.
>
> I've installed Rtools, Perl, the MS hhc, and so on.  I am
> setting up a command shell with the correct PATH for building
> packages.  (The master Windows PATH points to different
> versions of make and grep that I prefer for my usual work.)
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1.  GUIDANCE.  Is the Peter Rossi document now the best place
> to look for detailed guidance?  I have located it at
>
> http://www1.appstate.edu/~arnholta/Software/MakingPackagesUnderWindows.pdf
>
> The links to it on the R Project Website are no longer good. I
> am also reading at the latest version of "Writing R
> Extensions."
>
> 2. LATEX.  In Rossi's paper, fpTeX is recommended (I use VTeX
> in everyday work).  However, fpTeX has been discontinued by
> the author.  What is the best way to get an R-compatible TeX
> installation for this work? (or might I get VTeX working --
> its command line is idiosyncratic but it can create PDF, DVI,
> or HTML directly from LaTeX source)?
>
> Mike Prager
> Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
> Beaufort, North Carolina  USA
>
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