[R] Changing Gui preferences

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Sat Apr 24 15:44:59 CEST 2004


This *is* in the rw-FAQ.  This answer is correct on Win 98, but not on 
WinXP (when the latter is not broken by a hotfix patch).

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Bernardo Rangel Tura wrote:

> At 06:05 24/04/2004, you wrote:
> 
> >I'm not sure how to find 'HOME' but I presume that it is the path that appears in the 'Change directory' box when you open this through the gui. In which case for me 'HOME' is
> >
> >C:\apps\R\rw1090
> >
> >Now I have 3 versions of Rconsole near here. They are in
> >
> >C:\apps\R\rw1090\etc
> >C:\apps\R\rw1090           and
> >C:\apps\R
> >
> >I still don't know how to change my Gui preferences!
> 
> Murray,
> 
> I don´t use win XP, I use win 98 SE.
> In my system I know de 'HOME' with a simple procedure:
> 
> 1- Look R shortcut
> 2- Right Click in R shortcut
> 3- Choose properties
> 4- Look satrt in box
> 5- de directorie in box is the 'HOME'
> 
> 
> 
> Bernardo Rangel Tura, MD, MSc
> National Institute of Cardiology Laranjeiras
> Rio de Janeiro Brazil  
> 

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