Do you mean R_HOME/etc/Rprofile (not Profile)? That is not supposed to be
executed: see ?Startup. See the NEWS item
o R_HOME/etc/Rprofile is no longer looked for if
R_HOME/etc/Rprofile.site does not exist. (This has been
undocumented since R 1.4.0.)
We will rename the
Dear list members (esp. Duncan),
I've run into the following curious problem with Version 2.2.0 alpha for
Windows: Options in the Profile file in R's etc directory don't appear to be
set. (I habitually uncomment options(chmhelp=TRUE), to no effect in this
case.) As far as I can see, the only thin