[R] OS X proxy question

[joerg van den hoff]

Drew Balazs wrote:
> All,
> 
> I'm currently using R 2.0.1 on a Powerbook G4 with OS X 10.3.8. So far
> the only way I've found to set my proxy is by doing 
> Sys.putenv("http_proxy"="<insert proxy url>:<proxy port>)  everytime I
> start up R.
> 
> This works fine, but I'd like to find a solution that doesnt require
> manual input everytime I start up R. Does any one have a better way of
> accomplishing this?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Drew Balazs
> 
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if I understand your  problem, you need a way to get some environment 
variables right which usually are set in .profile or .cshrc.

to this  end you need a directory `.MacOSX' in your home dir and there a 
file `environment.plist'. this can best be edited with the uitility 
`Property Editor' which is in `/Developer/Applications/Utilities'.

see also http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html

hope this helps


joerg