One additional way to use this is to place RGuiStart.bat on your desktop and then you can drag a folder to it.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are a several possibilities using batchfiles whose > home page is at: > > http://batchfiles.googlecode.com > > When on that home page note that there are different versions of > these utilities for XP and Vista. > > There are two utilities that could be used. Description is > for Vista so for XP you may have to vary it slightly. > > 1. RguiStart.bat is a batch file that starts R interpreting > its first argument as the folder in which to start R (or if its > an .Rdata file then it interprets it as the .Rdata file to start > R with). The main reason for its existence is so that you can > place it in your SendTo folder. On Vista do this: > > copy RguiStart.bat %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo > > Then, on Vista, when you are in Windows Explorer you can right click > on any folder in your user area and choose SendTo. From the SendTo > menu choose RGuiStart.bat to start up R in that folder. If you > right click on an .Rdata file rather than a folder then R will > start up with that file loaded (although in that case its probably > easier to just double click the .Rdata file provided you have > file type associations set up -- if you don't then the RguiStart.bat > will provide an alternative). > > 2. Rgui.bat is a batch file that starts up R. Just shift right click > a folder in Windows > Explorer and choose Open Command Window Here and then when the command > window opens enter Rgui assuming you have placed Rgui.bat somewhere on > your path. > > Note that Rgui.bat and RguiStart.bat are actually the same file just renamed. > When it runs it uses the name by which it was called to determine what to do. > The files have no dependencies and find R by looking in the registry so when > you install a new version of R they continue to work without any change > (because installing a new version of R updates the registry). > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Mark Na <mtb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi R-helpers, >> >> I must use WinXP at work, and I'm missing a particular feature that's >> available in R on my Mac at home... >> >> In WinXP I would like to launch R by dragging and releasing a text >> file on top of the R shortcut on my desktop. Then, I would like the >> working directory to be automatically set to the location of that text >> file. >> >> That's what works in MacOS, but I can't figure out if it's possible in WinXP. >> >> Any ideas? I'd appreciate it... >> >> Thanks, Mark Na >> >> PS What I do now is make a new R shortcut for each project, store that >> shortcut in the directory containing that project's datafiles and R >> programs (which are in text files), and set the "Start in" value to >> that directory...but this has to be set up uniquely for each >> project... >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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.
