Message-ID: <43FDBEFB.3000406@pdf.com>
Date: 2006-02-23T13:56:11Z
From: Sundar Dorai-Raj
Subject: Bug in setting GUI to SDI mode?
In-Reply-To: <8975119BCD0AC5419D61A9CF1A923E9503008357@iahce2ksrv1.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk>
michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
> Hi
>
> I did a google search on this and came up with nothing.
>
> OK, in the latest release of R for windows, I want to change the gui to
> SDI mode.
>
> Edit -> GUI preferences
> Choose SDI
> Apply
>
> I get the message about properties not being able to be changed on a
> running console, and that I need to save.
>
> So I click Save, and am met with a "Save As" dialogue box with the
> default file called Rconsole, the file type as "All files". I have no
> idea where I actually have to save this.
>
> I saved it in C:\Program File\R\2.2.1 anyway, restarted the console, and
> SDI mode was not set.
>
> I realiuse I can use the --sdi option on the command line, but I want to
> know how to make this work through the GUI
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks
> Mick
>
So, what's the "bug"? You need to save in
$R_HOME\etc
where $R_HOME is the directory where you have R installed. (Your example
directory above seems odd - is it a typo?).
BTW, this is in the rw-FAQ 5.2. Or you can read ?Rconsole.
HTH,
--sundar