Thanks John, I had not realised they were on CRAN. Definately a great help.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: j...@mcmaster.ca > Sent: Sun, 17 May 2015 08:15:14 -0400 > To: jrkrid...@inbox.com, gjkr...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [R] R Commander qcc > > Dear John and Greg, > > As John says, even with the about 40 plugin packages that are on CRAN > (the R package archive network), the Rcmdr covers only a small fraction > of what's available in base R and the thousands of CRAN packages. > > As it turns out, however, there's an Rcmdr quality-control plugin that > may meet Greg's needs, RcmdrPlugin.qual > <http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RcmdrPlugin.qual/index.html>. You > might check that out. Install it via the command > install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual") at the R > command prompt, and then > either load it via the Rcmdr Tools menu or directly via > library(RcmdrPlugin.qual). > > More generally, the names of most Rcmdr plugins begin with > "RcmdrPlugin.". If you go to the alphbetical CRAN packages list at > <http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_name.html> > and search for "RcmdrPlugin.", you'll see them. Searching for "Rcmdr" > will turn up a few more. > > I hope this helps, > John > > ------------------------------------------------ > John Fox, Professor > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/ > > > > > On Sun, 17 May 2015 02:51:30 -0800 > John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: >> Welcome to R and the R-help list. >> >> If I am not misunderstanding you, you expect use the qcc package from >> within the Rcmdr GUI. >> >> I have never really used RCommander, though I played around with it a >> few years ago, but I don't believe it can call qcc directly. I >> 'think' you have the choice of using qcc from a command line interface >> or possibly installing a plug-in for Rcmder. Have a look at this link >> http://decisionstats.com/2011/01/27/r-commander-plugins-20-and-growing/ >> >> BTW you might also be interested in this link >> http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/quality-control-in-r.html for other >> approaches to control charts. >> >> While a good Gui like Rcmdr is useful you really will not get the full >> power of R with a Gui. It can be a bit intimidating to use a command >> interface if you are not used to one but it is by far the best way. It >> may not seem it but it is much more efficient in the longer term to go >> to a command-line interface. >> >> There is also the issue of whether there is an integration for the >> package and your Gui. Luckily, it looks like there is a Rcmdr plugin >> for qcc but there are probably 100's, or more likely, 1000's of packages >> with such a plug-in and you cannot capitalize on them other than with a >> command-line approach. >> >> You can use R by typing commands into the R-GUI (assuming you are using >> Windows) or by typing in the terminal under Linux but this does not work >> well. Most/all R users do all their writing in a text editor or >> Integrated Development Environment (IDE). There are some fierce wars >> over which editor or IDE is best. Here are a couple of links about the >> issue. Text Editors and IDEs >> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Best-R-text-editors-td903450.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_%28programming_language%29#Editors_and_IDEs >> . >> >> It's worth shopping around to see what best suits you. I have found >> Tinn-R very good when working in Windows though, recently, I have moved >> to Linux and to the IDE, RStudio and the gedit text editor with its R >> plug-in. A major advantage of Tinn-R and gedit , particularly if you are >> just getting started, is that they both have extensive code highlighting >> which makes it easier to find and fix minor syntax errors and typos. >> RStudio has several advantages, among other things, it shows what data >> objects you have loaded and makes saving and handling graphs easier . >> >> BW one of the obvious things I missed when first using R was that you >> can just copy and paste code into R if you are working through an >> example to see what is happening >> >> John Kane >> Kingston ON Canada >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gjkr...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:39:12 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>> Subject: [R] R Commander qcc >>> >>> I am completely new to R and am trying to utilize its capabilities as >>> an >>> alternative to Minitab. I don't have any development ability at all, >>> but >>> the R Commander GUI is able to give me the functionality I need with >>> the >>> exception of control charts. I have installed the qcc package but when >>> I >>> load the package nothing happens (it does not give me any more >>> functionality >>> or selection choices in Rcmdr). >>> >>> I am sure there is something relatively simple that I am missing, but I >>> can't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated! >>> >>> -Greg >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! 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