Duncan: I installed R in C:\R\R-2.7.2 and worked beautifully. I hope this will help others with the same problem. Thanks a lot for your help.
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/16/2008 12:19 PM, Felipe Carrillo wrote: > > This is my sessionInfo() and > Sys.getenv("PATH") > > > > library(tools) > > testfile <- system.file("Sweave", > "Sweave-test-1.Rnw", package = "utils") > > ## enforce par(ask=FALSE) > > options(device.ask.default=FALSE) > > ## create a LaTeX file > > Sweave(testfile) > > Writing to file Sweave-test-1.tex > > Processing code chunks ... > > 1 : print term verbatim > > 2 : term hide > > 3 : echo print term verbatim > > 4 : term verbatim > > 5 : echo term verbatim > > 6 : echo term verbatim eps pdf > > 7 : echo term verbatim eps pdf > > > > You can now run LaTeX on 'Sweave-test-1.tex' > > ## This can be compiled to PDF by > > texi2dvi("Sweave-test-1.tex", > pdf=TRUE,quiet=FALSE) > > > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) > > entering extended mode > > ("C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.7.2/bin/Sweave-test-1.tex" > > LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> > > Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for > english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge > > rman, ngerman, german-x-2008-06-18, > ngerman-x-2008-06-18, french, loaded. > > ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX > 2.7\tex\latex\base\article.cls" > > Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard > LaTeX document class > > ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX > 2.7\tex\latex\base\size10.clo")) > > ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX > 2.7\tex\latex\ltxmisc\a4wide.sty" > > ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX > 2.7\tex\latex\ntgclass\a4.sty")) > > ! Missing \endcsname inserted. > > <to be read again> > > \protect > > l.11 \begin > > {document} > > ? pdflatex.EXE: Bad file descriptor > > > This appears to be the problem. I'm not certain, but I > would guess if > you look in the "C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.7.2/bin/Sweave-test-1.tex" file > you'll see a line something like this: > > \usepackage{C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.7.2/share/texmf/Sweave} > > That line (which was added by Sweave) will not work, > because LaTeX does > not understand blanks in file paths. There are a couple of > workarounds: > > 1. Install R in a directory that doesn't contain > blanks. > > 2. Include \usepackage{Sweave} in the Rnw file > you're processing; this > will stop Sweave from adding anything. I believe we set > things up so > that MikTeX will find it in the right place (though I > don't normally use > texi2dvi, so I'm not sure). > > To test this, you can just go and edit the > Sweave-test-1.tex file now, > replacing the long line with the short version. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > texify: pdflatex failed for some reason (see log > file). > > Error in texi2dvi("Sweave-test-1.tex", pdf = > TRUE, quiet = FALSE) : > > running 'texi2dvi' on > 'Sweave-test-1.tex' failed > > > > sessionInfo() > > R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25) > > i386-pc-mingw32 > > > > locale: > > LC_COLLATE=English_United > States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United > States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United > States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 > > > > attached base packages: > > [1] tools stats graphics grDevices utils > datasets methods base > >> Sys.getenv("PATH") > > PATH > > "C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX > 2.7\\miktex\\bin;C:\\GTK\\bin;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Program > Files\\SYSTAT 10\\;C:\\Program > Files\\SYSTAT > 10\\XGRAPH\\;C:\\Program > Files\\Wave Systems Corp\\Dell Preboot > Manager\\Access > Client\\v5\\;C:\\Program > Files\\ATI > Technologies\\ATI.ACE\\Core-Static;c:\\Program > Files\\Microsoft SQL > Server\\90\\Tools\\binn\\" > > > > Thank you > > > > Felipe D. Carrillo > > Supervisory Fishery Biologist > > Department of the Interior > > US Fish & Wildlife Service > > California, USA > > > > > > --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Duncan Murdoch > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Try running it as > texi2dvi("Sweave-test-1.tex", > >> pdf=TRUE, quiet=FALSE), > >> and post the list of error messages. > >> > >> You should also show us the results of > sessionInfo() and > >> Sys.getenv("PATH"), and tell us which > version of > >> LaTeX you have installed. > >> > >> Duncan Murdoch > >> > > >> > > ______________________________________________ > >> > 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. > > > > > > ______________________________________________ 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.