[ESS] R in Cygwin Emacs
Sparapani, Rodney
rsparapa at mcw.edu
Thu Sep 4 15:56:16 CEST 2014
> Now, I saw the light ;-) and am moving all such scripts to
> R-only.
>
> I could use the w32 version of R, and the Cygwin shell for eventual
> add-ons to my script (such as sending an email or so). I could also use
> the w32 version of Emacs, here at my desk, and there when testing and
> deploying. But these are programs needed to be deployed at the client
> site as well, and I do have to limit such requirements.
Hi Seb:
We are getting a bit away from ESS here so I'm going to stop right
after this post ;o) I sympathize with your plight. However, I don't
think this will work with Windows 7 or 8. We tried to do exactly the
same thing with Cygwin/ESS/MikTeX/etc. a few years ago. However, with
Windows 7/8, the configuration files are over-written when you switch
users! There was a long and very bitter thread about this several
years ago here on ESS-help. So, we literally gave up. I personally
no longer support Windows in any fashion (except my mother's computer
and she knows how I feel too ;o) With Windows XP, this would have
all worked. So, if you went back in time to when Cygwin was popular,
everything would be fine. Today, I only use
Windows under VirtualBox when I have to use Windows-only software
like MS Office or iTunes. I've also been using WINE. But, I digress.
Rodney
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