There is a batch script, rgui.bat, in batchfiles, see home page at batchfiles.googlecode.com, that will search the registry and a few other places for R and start up R if it can find it. It does not search CD's automatically but that would be simple to add.
On Dec 27, 2007 3:25 PM, Charles Annis, P.E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, R-ians: > > Yes it's easy to run R from a CD: I copied my windows installation folder to > the CD, then copied my R working directory to the CD. > > To run from the CD, I copy the working directory from the CD to the desktop, > and then create an R desktop icon that points to Rgui.exe on the CD, and > starts in the working directory folder I just copied to the desktop. > > The problem is that to create the desktop R icon you need to know that > Rgui.exe is on the CD in the bin subfolder of the R-2.6.1 folder, which I > know but the person being introduced to R for the first time does not. And > creating a desktop icon is busywork that some find annoying. And then the > user needs to copy the basic working directory folder to the desktop, since > R needs to be able to write to it and writing to the CD can't work with a > write-once CD. Alas, my uses just want to put the CD in the drive and have > the autorun facility take care all this: > > 1) If there isn't a folder named "R-project" on the desktop, copy the one on > the CD to the desktop. > 2) Create a desktop icon for R that points to Rgui.exe on the CD. The > installation must determine what drive is currently being accessed, since > "D:\R-2.6.1\bin\Rgui.exe" would only work if the CD was running from drive > D. > 3) Have the icon Start in "desktop\R-project" which is legal if you create > the icon yourself, but apparently not legal to put on the CD since the > windows are erased and cannot be filled in if the icon is copied back from > the CD to the desktop. > > Since the basic R installation on Windows can create a desktop icon, I know > this must be possible. I would be grateful for any help. > > Thanks > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 561-352-9699 > eFax: 614-455-3265 > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
