[ESS] Release of ESS 5.3.5

[Frede Aakmann Tøgersen]

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> 
> Well, finding all the versions of R is going to be heuristic, 
> so there is nothing to stop you from doing both. I would 
> suggest the following:
> 
> 1) Check a variable set by the user -- they can always 
> override things. 
> 2) Check c:/Program Files as this is the canonical and 
> default location for
>    storing programs on windows.

Yes, for the english version of Windows XP. For instance in the danish version it is

c:/Programmer

How many language-specific versions of Windoze are there?
 
> 3) Check the path. 
> 
> Then the user with d:/R could either set a variable, or add R 
> to the path, while the user who just accepted the defaults 
> would have it work automatically. 
> 
> In general, these days I try and stick with system defaults 
> where ever possible, at least for stuff not under my control. 
> Even miktex and emacs are in c:/Program Files now. 
> 

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Med venlig hilsen / Regards

Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
Forsker / Scientist

  
   AARHUS UNIVERSITET / UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS 
Det Jordbrugsvidenskabelige Fakultet / Faculty of Agricultural Sciences 
Inst. for Genetik og Bioteknologi / Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology 
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E-mail: FredeA.Togersen at agrsci.dk 
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