[ESS] ESS default R not the newest (MS Windows)

[Rmh]

ess finds R versions on Windows by a totally different method than on Unix because historically R puts them in totally different places (plural).
unix intuition is not relevant.

see ess-site.el for details.
when R versions are installed anywhere than the default places, finding them is awful.

look at (symbol-function 'R)
and edit to what you need.

I will write more details later.

Rich


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> On Nov 14, 2014, at 18:21, Boylan, Ross <Ross.Boylan at ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> It seems to me inferior-R-program-name should refer to the newest version of R, whether that version is user-specific or system-wide.  By this I mean that when ESS starts up and fills in that variable, it should fill it in with the newest program path.
> 
> Ross
> ________________________________________
> From: Vitalie Spinu [spinuvit at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 3:05 PM
> To: Boylan, Ross
> Cc: Richard M. Heiberger; ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [ESS] ESS default R not the newest (MS Windows)
> 
>>>> "Boylan, Ross" on Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:24:47 +0000 wrote:
> 
>> M-x R is invoking the program that inferior-R-program-name refers to;
>> the problem is that this isn't the newest R on the system. M-x R-new
>> will launch the newest. inferior-R-program-name is only the newest
>> personal copy, not the newest overall.
> 
> That's not a "problem" but rather the design. You get what you are
> asking for in inferior-R-program-name.
> 
> Unfortunately when ESS asks for the directory it displays "(newest)",
> and that's a problem indeed as it creates confusion. I have changed that
> into "(default)" for the lack of a better term.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Vitalie