[R] Problems setting language in R-2.13.0 and opening RData

[Uwe Ligges]

On 25.06.2011 11:48, Manabu Sakamoto wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I just recently installed R-2.13.0 on my Windows7. I used to run R-2.10.0.
>
> First of all, I used to be able to install R in English (in R-2.10.0)
> during the installation procedure. My PC is in a Japanese environment
> but I want R to be in English because I won't be able to interpret any
> errors if they are in Japanese (I am Japanese so I can read them but I
> won't be able to understand them). However, it seems that under
> R-2.13.0, the option to install in English simply does not exist and I
> have to associate LANGUAGE=en in the properties of all short cuts to
> R.

The choice for a language in the installer was always just for the 
installer itself, not for R. This has not changed.

Of course you can set a glöobal environment variable LANGUAGE=en, which 
would be used by any R started on your machine (as well as for any other 
software that reads such a variable)

Uwe Ligges


>
> This leads to my second problem. I usually open a saved work space by
> double clicking on a .RData file. I had no problems in R-2.10.0 but in
> R-2.13.0, even though I associated R-2.13.0 with RData files during
> installation, I had problems opening them by double-clicking (it
> always came up with a RTerm window) but I found a "R for Windows GUI
> front-end" that I can associate my RData with which enabled me to open
> RData in the R GUI. However, this R window is in Japanese.
>
> So my question is: is there a way to set R itself in English
> (including this R for Windows GUI front-end) and not just the pathways
> from short cuts? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> many thanks in advance.
> Manabu