Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-31 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Wijffels, Jan wrote: ... So this means for me I need to change the scripts I develop in Latin1 on Windows to UTF-8 before I upload them to our server. Or, as I suggested below, run the R session on the server in Latin1. % LC_ALL=nl_BE R (guessing, or use en_US) should do it. Even bett

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-31 Thread Wijffels, Jan
sing, or use en_US) should do it. Even better :), thanks > Thanks for the help. > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk] > Verzonden: woensdag 31 december 2008 9:22 > Aan: Peter Dalgaard > CC: Wijffels, Jan; r-help@r-proj

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-31 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
r the help. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk] Verzonden: woensdag 31 december 2008 9:22 Aan: Peter Dalgaard CC: Wijffels, Jan; r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Peter Dalg

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-31 Thread Wijffels, Jan
; r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >> Well, we don't see what you see. but if ? was hex a7, the message is >> entirely correct. If you want to ente

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-31 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Well, we don't see what you see. but if ? was hex a7, the message is entirely correct. If you want to enter that, use "\xa7". We see different things. Right, and my point is that we do not know what he actually sees. I se

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-30 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Well, we don't see what you see. but if ? was hex a7, the message is entirely correct. If you want to enter that, use "\xa7". We see different things. I see a section sign (double s) symbol. From the symptoms, I would suspect that the terminal is set to latin-1 or -1

Re: [R] issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character

2008-12-30 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Well, we don't see what you see. but if ? was hex a7, the message is entirely correct. If you want to enter that, use "\xa7". On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Wijffels, Jan wrote: Hi, We recently switched from R2.7.0 to R2.8.1 but having problems tracking down this 'invalid multibyte character' encod