That is good to know. Thanks a lot for the experiment! I need to add this approach to the manual; it is much easier (and safer) than messing with the PATH variable directly. I often feel extremely frustrated with instructing Windows users on how to modify PATH.
Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Jack Tanner <i...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yihui Xie <xie <at> yihui.name> writes: > >> >> Or maybe it is easier to modify the preferences? >> Tools-->Preferences-->Paths-->PATH prefix. I have never tried it. > > This works perfectly. Even better, it interpolates environment variables: > > Set R_HOME globally, e.g., to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.14.0 > > Then in LyX, under Tools-->Preferences-->Paths-->PATH prefix, append > > ;$R_HOME\bin > > and "reconfigure" LyX. > > Proceed "preview" the PDF. > > Kudos! >
