[R] Setting .Rprofile for RStudio on a Windows 7 x64bit

[David Winsemius]

> On Apr 15, 2017, at 12:14 PM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill:
> Thanks for reply.
> Sorry, I do not understand it.
> For example, where do I put "file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile")" ?

This is not the correct venue for questions about RStudio setup. Instead this questions should go to:

https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us

-- 
David.

> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> William Dunlap wrote:
>> I think the site-specific R profile should be, using R syntax
>>    file.path(R.home("etc"), "Rprofile.site") # no dot before the capital R
>> The personal R profile will be
>>    file.path(Sys.getenv("HOME"), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot before capital R
>> but if a local R profile,
>>    file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot before capital R
>> exists it will be used and the one in HOME will not be.  (getwd() should
>> be the startup directory.)
>> 
>> 
>> Bill Dunlap
>> TIBCO Software
>> wdunlap tibco.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 9:06 AM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>> Hi R-helpers:
>>> Can you offer assistance in my getting .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site to run
>>> in RStudio?
>>> When I start RStudio nothing happens.
>>> I have put .Rprofile in [1] and [2], and .Rprofile.site in [2].
>>> 
>>> Below, the info I believe you need to know.
>>> Thanks, in advance, for any help.
>>> Bruce
>>> 
>>> The .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site are R-type files, which contain the two
>>> lines below.
>>> Also, I tried the profile files as text files.
>>> options(prompt="R> ")
>>> set.seed(12345)
>>> 
>>>> Sys.getenv("HOME") [1] "C:/Users/BruceRatner/Documents"
>>>> Sys.getenv("R_HOME") [2] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3"
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
> 
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA