[R] Setting .Rprofile for RStudio on a Windows 7 x64bit
BR_email
br at dmstat1.com
Mon Apr 17 17:19:19 CEST 2017
Henrik:
The Rprofile file is there, I see it.
Bruce Ratner, Ph.D.
Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Did you try any of the troubleshooting I suggested? If you do that,
> I'm 99.99% certain it'll help you to resolve this.
>
> Henrik
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2017 03:07, "Bruce Ratner PhD" <br at dmstat1.com
> <mailto:br at dmstat1.com>> wrote:
>
> David:
> When I launch Rstudio the effects of the Rprofile do not show,
> e.g., I want the prompt to be "R> " instead of the default "> ".
> The former doesn't show.
> Bruce
>
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>
> > On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:34 PM, David Winsemius
> <dwinsemius at comcast.net <mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 16, 2017, at 3:43 PM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com
> <mailto:br at dmstat1.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Peter:
> >> Thanks for reply and suggestion.
> >> Sorry, I am not sure how to assess.
> >> The doc is too technical for me to understand.
> >> I found multiple instructions online and in R and RStudio books.
> >> I'm doing what it says, but no success.
> >
> > What is "it" and what is "lack of success"?
> >
> >> The instructions are simple as a-b-c, but some setting within
> the Windows system must be the culprit.
> >
> > Although the RStudio page immediately below was done with a Mac,
> I suspect there are similar selection panels and dialogs on the
> Windows version of RStudio.
> >
> > https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200549016#general
> <https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200549016#general>
> >
> > When I look at the Windows installation advice I see near the
> top: "When installing on a 64-bit version of Windows the options
> will include 32- or 64-bit versions of R (and the default is to
> install both)." So is it possible that RStudio is looking at a
> different version of R than you believe it should be, perhaps at
> the 32 bit R versus the 64 bit one? The result at the beginning of
> this thread makes me think you got the 32-bit one connected to
> RStudio.
> >
> > And I say again: I believe problems in configuring RStudio are
> off-topic for Rhelp and you should have been searching or posting
> question either to the RStudio support or StackOverflow. Looking
> at the responses to the queries above and the ones found below, it
> appears to me that there are RStudio-specific issues that go
> beyond what is in the `help(Startup)` or equivalent
> `help(.Rprofile)` page. I gave an instance of an SO search
> upthread and I offer another SO search:
> >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20environment%20variables%20windows
> <http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20environment%20variables%20windows>
> >
> > I thought that this one below had potentially useful
> information, but I am not a Windows user (and you have not shown
> an inclination in offering a complete description of your efforts
> at following that advice. At any rate it would have been more
> appropriate to respond to the SO answers that were ineffective or
> to post a question there with full description of your efforts and
> content of your .Rprofile file and your current environment
> variable settings.)
> >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20rprofile%20windows
> <http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5brstudio%5d%20rprofile%20windows>
> >
> > --
> > David
> >
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >> Bruce Ratner, Ph.D.
> >> The Significant Statistician™
> >> (516) 791-3544 <tel:%28516%29%20791-3544>
> >> Statistical Predictive Analtyics -- www.DMSTAT1.com
> <http://www.DMSTAT1.com>
> >> Machine-Learning Data Mining and Modeling -- www.GenIQ.net
> <http://www.GenIQ.net>
> >>
> >> peter dalgaard wrote:
> >>> Um, tried help(.Rprofile) lately?
> >>>
> >>> -pd
> >>>
> >>>> On 17 Apr 2017, at 00:08 , Rolf Turner
> <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz <mailto:r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 17/04/17 08:46, John C Frain wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bruce
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The official documentation for these startup files can be
> obtained with
> >>>>> the command
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Help(Startup)
> >>>>
> >>>> Minor point of order, Mr. Chairman. That should be:
> >>>>
> >>>> help(Startup)
> >>>>
> >>>> There is (as far as I know) no such function as "Help()". It
> is important to remember that R is case sensitive.
> >>>>
> >>>> Another point that is worthy of thought is "How in God's name
> would any beginner know or find out about the usage
> help(Startup)?" Unless they were explicitly told about it, in the
> manner which you just demonstrated. The usage gets a mention in
> "An Introduction to R" --- but I had to search for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> To me the word "startup" is not terribly intuitive. I would
> tend to search for "starting" rather than "startup", I think, but
> I'm not sure what the average beginner would search for. A search
> of "An Introduction to R" for "starting" gets seven or eight hits,
> one of which is relevant. So it all takes patience and persistence.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also note that "An Introduction to R" mostly uses the word
> "startup" (lower case "s") and only uses "Startup" twice. Note
> also that
> >>>>
> >>>> help(startup)
> >>>>
> >>>> fails. You have to get that initial "S" right.
> >>>>
> >>>> This isn't a criticism of the documentation. I'm just
> pointing out that there are problems, mostly insoluble. Until
> some clever Johnny gets on with developing that mind_read()
> function referred to in fortune(182).
> >>>>
> >>>> cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>> Rolf Turner
> >>>>
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> >
> > David Winsemius
> > Alameda, CA, USA
> >
> >
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