[ESS] "Sorry, no version of R could be found on your system", for new version of R 2.12

[spencerg]

Hi, Evan & Rich:


EVAN:   Use either single forward slashes (/) or double back slashes 
(\\).  Try doubling your single back slashes.


RICH:  Thanks.


       Hope this helps.
       Spencer


On 12/19/2010 9:30 AM, RICHARD M. HEIBERGER wrote:
> The correct line in your .emacs on a 64-bit machine to make M-x R work is
>
> ;; for 32-bit R
> (setq-default inferior-R-program-name "C:\\Program
> Files\\R\\R-2.12.1\\bin\\i386\\Rterm.exe")
>
> ;; for 64-bit R
> (setq-default inferior-R-program-name "C:\\Program
> Files\\R\\R-2.12.1\\bin\\x64\\Rterm.exe")
>
> On a 32-bit machine, the correct line is
> (setq-default inferior-R-program-name "C:\\Program
> Files\\R\\R-2.12.1\\bin\\i386\\Rterm.exe")
>
> There is no need to change anything inside ESS itself.
>
> I anticipate having this and related changes in an ESS distribution early in
> January.
>
> Rich