[R] Starting R from .RData in linux

[Agustin Lobo]

Marianne, I do the equivalent
gnome-terminal -e R
or
xterm -e R

and R starts on the home directory and indicating:
ARGUMENT '/media/mifat32/Rexercises/.RData' __ignored__

Are you sure you do not add any other parameter?
I've tried
xterm -e R --restore
gnome-terminal -e R --restore
same result.

On 05/19/08 09:06, Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to start R by clicking
> the .RData file in linux as in Windows?
> I've tried with ubuntu hardy using
> the right button and selecting R, but does
> not work. Is there any way to set it up?

Marianne Promberger Wrote:
> You presumably need to associate the file type .RData with starting a
> terminal and then executing R in that terminal.
> 
> I'm using Xubuntu, so my file manager is Thunar, and if I right click
> on an .RData and select "use other application" then "custom command",
> then put in 
> 
> xfterm4 -e R
> 
> this works.
> 
> On Ubuntu, your terminal is probably something else and may have
> different syntax.  (gnome-terminal maybe? then man gnome-terminal in
> case the -e option doesn't work for you).
> 
> m.
> -- 
> Marianne Promberger
> Graduate student in Psychology
> http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~mpromber




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