Could the Windows installer edit PATH?
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
Why do you need to edit PATH? I never have the rw10xx/bin directory in my Desktop PATH. I do set the PATH in a terminal window when working with R, but I do that via the shell startup options (.tcshrc in my case).
Emacs needs to know the location of Rterm.exe to run ESS. I had also been checking, building and installing packages from the standard Windows command shell. Using a decent shell instead as you suggest would indeed be a nicer way of working.
It is I believe possible to get the installer to do this, but it may well not be allowed: our students are not allowed to set it (denied by a Windows profile setting).
Fair enough. Chris
Christopher Jackson <chris.jackson@imperial.ac.uk>, Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, tel. 020 759 43371