This is probably completely off topic. But I get the impression the spatstat package has turned into a super-package. Which is likely to be difficult to maintain.
Wouldn't a better result be achieved by freezing work on the package, and creating some smaller packages with a more specific focus, that could be more easily maintained....? On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:18 AM Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > > Technically, per the Posting Guide, help for contributed packages is supposed > to come through different channel(s) than R-help as indicated in their > DESCRIPTION file (typically searchable thru the package CRAN page). In > practice this rule tends to only get invoked when the OT traffic gets too > high, but it may be a bit much to expect maintainers to patrol R-help > permanently. Feel free to direct OT questions toward the relevant CRAN page > or the resources mentioned there. > > On April 28, 2020 3:07:39 PM PDT, Abby Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >I haven't attempted this. > >(Mainly because I'm not familiar with the theory surrounding it). > > > >However, I looked at the documentation for the spatstat package. > >There are are several functions prefixed with pcf, including one named > >pcf3est. > >According to its description field: > > > > Estimates the pair correlation function > > from a three-dimensional point pattern. > > > >*If* it does what it claims, would that solve your problem? > > > >Note (to spatstat authors): > > > >I'm not convinced this package is well documented. > >In fact, I'm not even convinced it meets CRAN standards, which require > >functions to have their arguments documented. > > > > X > > Three-dimensional point pattern (object of class "pp3"). > > > >Nowhere in the help page, does it say what a pp3 object is, or how to > >create it, or where to find that information. > >Potentially requiring a user to search through a 1766 page document > >for the answer. > >(Yes, I know there's a function named pp3, but I don't think that's > >good enough). > > > >If people are not going to document their packages properly, they > >could try a little bit harder to answer R-help questions that involve > >their packages... > > > > > >On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 3:56 AM Labo Eric <le...@icmpe.cnrs.fr> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have the coordinates of 3D points and I want to plot the pair > >> correlation function of these points > >> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_distribution_function). I > >wonder > >> if it possible to calculate this function with R. Maybe with the > >> spatstat library? I tried but I found the way to do this with 3D > >points > >> but not for 3D points. > >> > >> Could you help me ? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> -- > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > >______________________________________________ > >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. > > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ 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.
