[R] finding yap.exe with Sweave

[Christopher W. Ryan]

Hmm, it's been a while since I installed my R and Sweave, so I can't
remember exactly how I did it, but I don't recall any particular
difficulties. I think I had to copy the Sweave.sty to my localtexmf
tree; I see it there now in
C:\localtexmf\tex\latex\Sweave\Sweave.sty,
in addition to having it in
C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.1\share\texmf\Sweave.sty.

I suppose instead I could have just put the latter directory in my
MikTex as a local tree, in which to look for .sty files.

I use MikTex too, and I don't use any particular editor; I write in
TinnR but have used Programmers Notepad and others successfully.

What do you mean you had to use, "notepad++ to tell Sweave where
Latex.exe and yap.exe where located under MikTex path?"

--Chris
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Felipe Carrillo wrote:
> Dear all:
> Just to make sure I am on the same page as everyone else. 
> I just got a new computer and had to reinstall MikTex and  of course R and Tinn-R. In order to be able to generate PDF's with Sweave I had to install notepad++ to tell Sweave where Latex.exe and yap.exe where located under MikTex path. So,I have two questions: 
> 1- Do I need to have a Miktex editor in order to use Sweave? I am not using the editor because I am generating my PDF's from R using Sweave.
> 2- Is Sweave able to find the path to Latex.exe and yap.exe by itself?
> Everything works fine now but I am just want to get it right for future installations.
> I'm running on windows xp and have R-2.8.1 installed
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> Felipe D. Carrillo  
> Supervisory Fishery Biologist  
> Department of the Interior  
> US Fish & Wildlife Service  
> California, USA
> 
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