Play nicely with a Windows R installation from scoop

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Feature
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Needs clarification
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Start by reading the linked Positron beta issue #169 and then trace the current Windows R discovery behavior. Done means the discovery approach accounts for Scoop's “current” R and Rtools layout; the payload names no files or tests to run.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

area: runtimes lang: r os-windows support

From private beta https://github.com/posit-dev/positron-beta/issues/169

The scoop package manager sets up a "current" version of R and Rtools in what I would describe as a macOS-y way, but on Windows. Next time we expand and broaden R discovery on Windows, it would be good to consider and anticipate what scoop does.

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