Well, try following the correct conventions ... 1. Double click on an .Rdata file, which is produced by saving from R, and it will open.
2. Drag and drop a .R or any text file into an open R window and it will source the contents. This is probably documented somewhere .. maybe in the RW FAQ. -- Bert On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Joshua Wiley <jwiley.ps...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kye, > > I have never gotten .R files to work quite like other types (e.g., > double-clicking a .PDF) in Windows. AFAIK there is no simple way to > do it, because you do not edit scripts directly in R (I am happy to be > corrected if someone knows better). For general use, I would just > open R first and then open the file, or if you just want to run the > file, you can use R's batch mode from the Windows command prompt. > > Best regards, > > Josh > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Kye Gilder <kye.gil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am new to using R. I installed R on my computer (Windows) and everything >> things appears to be just fine. However, I have a simple script RTest.R >> that does a few simple calculations. When I double-click the RTest.R icon, >> I get an Information dialong box which says, "ARGUMENT 'C:\Documents and >> Settings\kgilder\Desktop\RTest.R' __ignored__" . When I choose OK, R then >> opens, but it does not open or display the script. Any help or suggestions? >> >> When I open R and use File >> Open New Script and path to the file, it opens >> just fine. >> Regards, >> >> Kye >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > > -- > Joshua Wiley > Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology > University of California, Los Angeles > http://www.joshuawiley.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. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics ______________________________________________ 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.
