>>>>> "MP" == Mike Prager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:29:16 -0400 writes:
MP> Mike Prager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I was at a loss to understand the use of "/" until I looked in
>> "An Introduction [!] to R," where I found the explanation.
>>
>> My request is that more complete material on model formulae be
>> lifted from "Introduction to R" (or elsewhere) and put into the
>> main online help files.
MP> I also request the R Core consider remaining "An Introduction to
MP> R" to something like "R User's Guide." It spans 100 pages and
MP> treats many topics far beyond the introductory level. I was
MP> surprised at the wealth of information it contains, and I expect
MP> that I would have checked it first, not last, among available
MP> resources had it been more accurately named.
Hi Mike, you make very worthy suggestions; but I assume the word
"request" is really putting off almost all of us "R corers".
You *have* heard that R is a volunteer project, that much of its
development has happened in unpaid time of core team mates.
Why are you not using "Suggestion" instead?
Also, since it's a volunteer project, and you are a capable R
user, you could even consider sending patches, e.g. to the
formula.Rd help page.
At last, to the renaming suggestion: I see your point, but
1) in "an Intro" one is allowed to be non-comprehensive
where as a "user's guide" is supposedly touching almost
everything relevant. This is not the case, since R has much
evolved since the "An Intro .." had been compiled, and most
new features are not mentioned in the intro.
2) I don't know your background, but in the math sciences, there
exist quite a few comprehensive textbooks called "An
Introduction to ...".
One example from my bookshelf is
@BOOK{AndT84,
author = {T. W. Anderson},
title = {An Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Analysis},
publisher = Wiley,
address = NY,
year = 1984
}
3) "An Introduction to R" is mentioned in many many pieces of
documentation about R; from instructions to students, to
online guides, to books, etc.
For this reason, a new title should reall still contain the
term.
Maybe simply
"An Introduction to R --- User's guide"
?
Best regards,
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
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