Re: [Rd] New URL redirect checks

2020-09-22 Thread Kevin Wright
tXLLfYOYE (moved to > > > >> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47975564) > > > >> From: README > > > >> Status: 200 > > > >> Message: OK > > > >> > > > >> __ > > > >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > >> > > > > > > > > __ > > > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] Underscores in package names

2019-08-16 Thread Kevin Wright
gt; problematic > > (the underscore being used as unique separator of package name > > and version in source and binary package archives), > > and with Jim's offer to find and provide patches for all places > > this is used in the R sources, we've convinced ourselves that

Re: [Rd] Underscores in package names

2019-08-09 Thread Kevin Wright
1.9.0 I > believe). Might we also allow underscores for package names? > > Jim > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] Minimum requirements for package submission

2013-08-28 Thread Kevin Wright
> As long as your package passes R CMD check --as-cran on the > development version of R, CRAN will be happy. They do not generally > read your source code, and CRAN does not certify that your package is > useful or even correct - so you don't need to worry about what your > package does. > > I, f

Re: [Rd] setting global options for a package

2012-05-10 Thread Kevin Wright
unction(x, getOption("heplot.colors"), ...)  {} > > > -- > Michael Friendly     Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca > Professor, Psychology Dept. > York University      Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 > 4700 Keele Street    Web:   http://www.datavis.ca > Toronto, O

Re: [Rd] CRAN policies

2012-03-30 Thread Kevin Wright
uot;"library" > > [25] "local" "poisson" "quasi" > > [28] "quasibinomial" "quasipoisson" "quote" > > [31] "Quote" "require" "substitute" > > [34] "with&q

Re: [Rd] Help page of colors() : add a new example ?

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Wright
isplayed. > > Kind regards, > > Gael Millot. > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] Error message library()

2011-10-26 Thread Kevin Wright
Thierry, I agree with you and think that computers _should_ help users. When R tells me a package does not exist, it is almost never because I typed an incorrect package name. Almost always it is because: (1) I am using an old script with a new version of R and have not yet installed a package.

Re: [Rd] readRDS and saveRDS

2011-10-18 Thread Kevin Wright
Hadley, Any chance of changing fun.aggregate to FUN and value_var to value.var? aggregate(.., FUN, ...) acast(..., fun.aggregate, ...) cast(..., value.var) acast(..., value_var) Side note: My fantasy for R 3.0 would be to fix the obvious inconsistencies in function names/arguments, use Roxygen

Re: [Rd] readRDS and saveRDS

2011-10-18 Thread Kevin Wright
Not only is it fun to think about a generic load function, I created one and it is a pleasure to use--avoids the inconsistent function names that prompted your post. What's more important, language purity (S3 methods) or making life simpler for the users (consistency)? This "import" is not a true

Re: [Rd] License question

2011-08-16 Thread Kevin Wright
With open source software, you can do anything you want on your own computer. The difficult questions arise when you want to re-distribute software. You have provided very little context for your question, so the standard answer on this email list is "Talk to your lawyer". Kevin On Tue, Aug 16

Re: [Rd] Statistical mode

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Wright
Arni, Here are two examples: R> statmode(iris) Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species "5" "3""1.4""0.2" "setosa" R> table(iris$Species) setosa versicolor virginica 50 50 50 R> library(lattice) R> statmo

Re: [Rd] Phrase "package writer" in R-exts

2011-04-01 Thread Kevin Wright
Considering that the package.skeleton() function really is a "package writer" of sorts, I agree that "package author" is clearer. Kevin On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Davor Cubranic wrote: > In a conversation with a programmer new to writing R packages, he mentioned > that he was very confuse

Re: [Rd] Request: Suggestions for "good teaching" packages, esp. with C code

2011-02-15 Thread Kevin Wright
For those of you "familiar with R", here's a little quiz. What what's the difference between: f1 <- function(){ a=5 } f1() f2 <- function(){ return(a=5) } f2() Kevin Wright On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Geoff Jentry wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011,

Re: [Rd] No RTFM?

2010-08-20 Thread Kevin Wright
atmosphere of the R-help and R-devel mailing lists is infamous. Is this a good reputation to have? I'm doubtful that it is. So, I support Spencer's suggestion for more civility. Kevin Wright On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Spencer Graves < spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com> wr

Re: [Rd] Defining a method in two packages

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin Wright
(fit) > $ph.ecog > Intercept > 0.1592346 > > > library(lme4) > Loading required package: Matrix > Loading required package: lattice > > Attaching package: 'lme4' > > >The following object(s) are masked from package:coxme : > > fi

Re: [Rd] Building package with R 2.6.0 on Windows/Cygwin gives error with tar

2007-10-05 Thread Kevin Wright
l -chf "c:/X/Rpkgs/Drydown_1.41.tar" Drydown Maybe a confusion between R_system and bash ??? I'm happy to help test this further, but with the hack reported at the start of this thread I'm also content to let this drop (or go off list). Kevin Wright On 10/5/07, Prof Brian Rip

[Rd] Building package with R 2.6.0 on Windows/Cygwin gives error with tar

2007-10-04 Thread Kevin Wright
ages again. (Posted in case someone else has the same problem and/or finds this useful.) Kevin Wright __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] formula(CO2)

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Wright
About a month ago I had a similar issue related to 'formula': http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/devel/07/05/3329.html In summary: In S-Plus, the help for formula.data.frame says: This is a method for the function formula() for objects inheriting from class data.frame. If object is a model fram

[Rd] Is formula(data.frame) documented?

2007-05-18 Thread Kevin Wright
The Examples section of 'unstack' includes: formula(PlantGrowth) # check the default formula I wanted to add a formula to my own data.frame (for unstacking), so I start looking: ?formula # Nothing here about adding a formula to data attr(PlantGrowth, "formula") # Nothing here--c.f. group

[Rd] Solved two problems with Cygwin

2007-02-23 Thread Kevin Wright
win.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00373.html make 3.80 is available here: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites Once I downgraded make from version 3.81 to version 3.80, I was able to build R packages. My setup: Windows XP Pro, R 2.4.1, current Cygwin. Kevin Wright [[altern

[Rd] Bug in Acrobat Reader 7 (or R?) with translucent text

2006-10-19 Thread Kevin Wright
ot; that might cause this problem. Best, Kevin Wright black <- rgb(0,0,0,.75) blue <- rgb(0, .2, 1, .75) red <- rgb(1,0,0,.75) pdf("pdfcols.pdf", version="1.4") set.seed(50) plot(.5,.5,type="n",xlim=c(0,1),ylim=c(0,1)) points(runif(200),runif(200), col=blac

[Rd] pdf default version

2006-09-15 Thread Kevin Wright
feasible? Discussions on this topic will be watched with interest. Kevin Wright __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] Undocumented features of 'browser' (and possible changes)

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Wright
1:25 +0100, Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Kevin Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I often use browser() when debugging a function. After entering > > browser, I would find it very useful to be able to cut-and-paste a > > chunk of R co

[Rd] Undocumented features of 'browser' (and possible changes)

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Wright
and redundant, I use ENTER to exit browser [ ] - You are forgetting about this scenario... [ ] - A patch would be welcome [ ] - Sounds great and I committed the changes already. :-) Kevin Wright, Windows 2000, R 2.2.1 __ R-devel@r-project.org mai

[Rd] Wishlist: Creating horizontal PDFs

2006-03-08 Thread Kevin Wright
ibrary/grDevices/src/devPS.c The changes should not be hard. FYI...there is a 'horizontal' option for the postscript driver. Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

[Rd] Could heatmap default to scale="none" ?

2006-02-16 Thread Kevin Wright
urther, given the structure of my data I did try (manually) centering (not scaling) the COLUMNS, not the rows. The heatmap.2 function in the gplots package defaults to scale="none" and I argue that it would be better for the heatmap function to do the same. Kevin Wright