Re: [O] Executable not found error with begin_src R but n ot begin_src R :session on Windows

[Charles Berry]

John Hendy <jw.hendy <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric <at> gmail.com>
wrote:
> > John Hendy <jw.hendy <at> gmail.com> writes:

[snip]


> 
> Grr. Apparently R updated on it's own somehow and I missed it. My
> org-babel-R-command was pointing to ../2.15.0/bin/ instead of
> /2.15.1/bin/.
> 
> Updating this fixed the issue.
> 
> Is there a better way to set this vs. having to manually update the path?
> 

Given the dependence of ob-R.el on ESS, the ESS list might be a better venue
for this query. 

The recent release of R-3.0.0 has tripped up some Windows ESS users:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.ess.general/7071

According to the ESS devs, you should not have to hard code paths
in theory, but see [1]. 

HTH,

Chuck

[1] “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are
not.” Einstein.