[R] Encoding of Sweave file error message

[Rainer Schuermann]

I also had the same problem.

Being on Linux, I prefer Walmes' command line method but I found that putting
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
as the first instruction in the master .Rnw file also does the trick. No need to change anything after that in the file, at least not for me!

Rgds,
Rainer


On Thursday 12 April 2012 14:13:06 Duncan Mackay wrote:
> 
> At 12:03 12/04/2012, you wrote:
> >I had the same problem! So, as I'm a linux user, 
> >I prefer use linux terminal. On terminal I type this to compile
> >
> >R CMD Sweave --encoding=utf-8 myfile.Rnw
> >
> >and the compilation is successful. Try to set the encoding option in Sweave().
> >
> >Bests.
> >Walmes.
> >
> >==========================================================================
> >Walmes Marques Zeviani
> >LEG (Laboratório de Estatística e Geoinformação, 25.450418 S, 49.231759 W)
> >Departamento de Estatística - Universidade Federal do Paraná
> >fone: (+55) 41 3361 3573
> >VoIP: (3361 3600) 1053 1173
> >e-mail: <mailto:walmes at ufpr.br>walmes at ufpr.br
> >twitter: @walmeszeviani
> >homepage: <http://www.leg.ufpr.br/%7Ewalmes>http://www.leg.ufpr.br/~walmes
> >linux user number: 531218
> >==========================================================================
> 
> Hi Walmes
> 
> Thank you very much. That appears to be the problem.
> When I typed from the DOS terminal
> 
> I have exactl ParasiteComb12.Rnw
> 
> it compiled the tex file without any error messages.
> 
> I have not really got into font encoding and 
> reading the Sweave manual I thought that what I had done would be sufficient.
> 
> I found an old note which gave a reference to
> http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e10/help/10/05/4725.html
> http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e10/help/10/05/4889.html
> but that appears to be specific.
> 
> The ?Sweave and the Sweave manual appear to be 
> more specific about the latex side.
> 
> After having a look at iconvlist()  and bearing 
> in mind Duncan Murdoch's comments about windows I tried
> 
> Sweave("D:/Cic/Sweave/Parasite/Comb/12/ParasiteComb12.Rnw", 
> encoding = "UTF-8")
> 
> from the Rgui command window and compiled without any problems
> When I had a look at the tex file there were a 
> few DOS Alt-248 (degree symbol ) within latex 
> comments which were added last running R2.14 before updating
> 
> Removing them and re running without the encoding 
> argument brought things back to normal.
> 
> I tried as a test
> \SweaveOpts{encoding="UTF8"}
> but that appears not to work
> 
> All I have to do now is to put the extra argument 
> into my text editors clip library for Sweave for 
> next time when I cannot solve things.
> Its been a long week !
> 
> Regards
> 
> Duncan
> 
> 
> Duncan Mackay
> Department of Agronomy and Soil Science
> University of New England
> ARMIDALE NSW 2351
> Email home: mackay at northnet.com.au
> 
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