On 11/08/2010 4:13 PM, Gene Leynes wrote:
*What I want to do: *Create a windows shortcut that will start the R gui **and** simultaneously source a file*What I have already tried: *This almost works, but it's not the interactive R GUI: R --no-save --sdi -file="C:\SomePath\example.R" These open the R GUI, but doesn't recognize -f --f --file -file RGUI --no-save --sdi -file="C:\SomePath\example.R" RGUI --no-save --sdi -f "C:\SomePath\example.R" I've thought about suppressing the error and then parsing commandArgs()... Although this may be possible, it seems preposterously overly complicated. *My last resort: * Having an entire installation of R with a "Rprofile.site" that will source my program. The whole installation would be devoted to just running that one program. I think it will work, but it's an annoying waste of space, and confusing to have multiple R installation.
A much simpler approach would be to create a script file of some sort that takes the name of the file, sticks it into the environment variable R_PROFILE_USER, then starts Rgui. If you've already got a user profile set, then I think you'll need to use one of your more elaborate schemes. I'd put the filename onto the Rgui command line after --args, then my user profile would use commandArgs() to check to see if anything was there and would source it.
Duncan Murdoch
Thank you very much! What I'm using: Right now, R 2.10 on Windows 7, but I'm happy to use any version. My intended audience will be using Windows 7 I've spent a fair amount of time searching the online help using my favorite help sites: http://r-project.markmail.org/ http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-help-f789696.html I've also looked at the PDFs that come with r, especially the R-intro (which is where I got the --f and --file ideas). Sometimes I see help responses that just point to the chapter of a book, or a PDF on Cran. I would be delighted to discover my own answer in the available materials, but please give some hint about why the cited material is relevant! [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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