[Gretl-devel] Re: why "xterm -e R" in preferences?
Am 27.08.2019 um 21:53 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Sven S wrote:
> I've just noticed that in gretl's preferences/configurations the command
> to start R is specified as "xterm -e R". This is a self-compiled version
> under Linux Mint, but I'm relatively sure that I didn't write that
> command. Actually, on this system xterm isn't even installed. So is this
> intended?
Yes, "xterm -e R" is the factory default for interactive use of R via
gretl.
I guess I should rephrase or clarify my question: On Windows there are
three R-related entries in gretl's preferences: to start R, the path to
R.exe, and the path to the R lib (dll). On Linux, however, the path to
the executable cannot (or need not) be set. In contrast, the paths to
ox/octave/Stata/Python/Julia must be given. Why is the path to the
executable for R not needed on Linux?
thanks,
sven