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Help, my RGui is speaking French!

4 messages · Grathwohl, Dominik, LAUSANNE, NRC-BAS, Uwe Ligges, Peter Dalgaard +1 more

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Grathwohl, Dominik, LAUSANNE, NRC-BAS wrote:
For example, read the most recent R Newsletter on localization of R.
As one solution, set the environment variable
  LANGUAGE=en

Uwe Ligges
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"Grathwohl, Dominik, LAUSANNE,  NRC-BAS" <dominik.grathwohl at rdls.nestle.com> writes:
Make sure that the environment variable LANGUAGE is set to "en". I
think the consensus is that putting it into HOME/.Renviron is the most
practical way.
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On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Peter Dalgaard wrote:

            
Well, did you try the `R Installation and Administration Manual'?  That 
does sound appropriate and it is covered there.
The rw-FAQ recommends a different way, though.

This is a new topic in the next release of the rw-FAQ (to go with the next 
release of R) since it has recently been fairly frequently asked.  To wit

   I selected English for Installation but R runs in Chinese!

   Precisely, you selected English @strong{for installation}!  The language
   of the installer has nothing to do with the language used to run R: this
   is completely standard Windows practice (and necessary as different
   users of the computer may use different languages).

   The language R uses for menus and messages is determined by the
   @emph{locale}: please read the appropriate manual (the @emph{R
   Installation and Administration Manual}) for the details.  You can
   ensure that R uses English messages by appending @code{LANGUAGE=en} to
   the shortcut you use to start R.