[ESS] [External] Re: ESS M-x R failing in a Windows installation

[Richard M. Heiberger]

The relevant question is what version of ess are you using?
more specifically which version of ess is included with VIncent Goulet's emacs-26.1?

the "bin/x64/Rterm.exe" construction is not in ess-16.10
It is in ess-18.10

the /x64/ wasn't meaningful until R stsarted releasing both 32-bit versions and 64-bit versions.


I don't remember ever using the Windows directory.
U introduced ess-rterm-version-paths at some point.  It has been rewritten
since then, but should still be working as long as you have a recent enough ess.

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Subject: [External] Re: [ESS] ESS M-x R failing in a Windows installation

Hi Jeremie:

As you say, Windows installs do depend on the user’s preferences.
However, in ancient ESS (circa 2004), we coded around this by
going to the Windows registry.  However, I have rarely used
Windows since so I can’t say how that approach might be
used today (or if it is, how it might be failing).  I think a big
issue is that few (if any) ESS developers are using Windows.
Rich was probably the rear guard and he switched to Mac.

PS. the old registry discussions are probably in the archives
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/ess-help/

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Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Chair ISBA Section on Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical Statistics
Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Biostatistics
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus


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