[BlindRUG] Why Can't I Use WriteR?

[Godfrey, Jonathan]

OK, I think we have a bug to fix.

The path being pulled needs to be quoted so that Windows knows it is a path not a separated set of commands. I'll need to look into that over the next few days.

If you go into the folder where you were working and look for the pyw file you should be able to open it from Windows Explorer. Windows won't know how to open it so you will need to tell it to use python.exe which is probably in the python27 folder (assuming you let the default installation run its course.) Windows will ask if you want to use this program to open this type of file (always) in future. That won't hurt.

Jonathan


From: BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG
Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2016 12:20 p.m.
To: 'Blind R Users Group'
Cc: JooYoung Seo
Subject: [BlindRUG] Why Can't I Use WriteR?

                Dear Dr. Godfrey,

                I am writing this email to ask your help.
                I attempted to use WriteR function after having Python 2.7 and its associated wxPython installed on my machine.
                I installed 64bit for both as I am running R on Window 8.1 64bit.

                Unfortunately, the WriteR function does not work for some reason.
                Would you mind advising me how to tackle this issue?

                The below are error messages:

> PrepareWriteR()
The settings file for WriteR has been created.
Copies of the main wxPython script and help page documents have been copied
into your working directory.
You can move these files to your preferred folder for WriteR,
or start working here.
> WriteR()
'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Warning messages:
1: running command 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:/Program Files/R/R-3.3.1/li
brary/BrailleR/Python/WriteR/WriteR.pyw ' had status 1
2: In shell(paste(system.file("Python/WriteR/WriteR.pyw", package = "BrailleR"),
:
'C:/Program Files/R/R-3.3.1/library/BrailleR/Python/WriteR/WriteR.pyw ' execut
ion failed with error code 1
>

                Your insight would be greatly appreciated.

                Thank you very much.

                Best wishes,

                JooYoung

       JooYoung Seo
--------------------
  Doctorate Student,
  Learning, Design, and Technology
  Learning and Performance Systems
  The Pennsylvania State University
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