[Rd] install.packages hangs RGui with frozen rpwd process at bottom of process tree (PR#13734)

Full_Name: Allan Stokes Version: 2.8.1 OS: XP Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245) I've just spent a hellish six hours trying to create my own R package with a bare bones "hello world" R function inside. I was able to create a package.tar.gz file eventually with much perseverance. My remain

[Rd] edge case concerning NA in dim() (PR#13729)

Full_Name: Allan Stokes Version: 28.1 OS: XP Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245) I'm trying to use package HDF5 and have discovered some round-trip errors: save, load, save is not idempotent. I started digging into the type system to figure out what type graffiti is fouling this up. Soon I

[Rd] omission col as vector argument in hist documentation (PR#13722)

Full_Name: Allan Stokes Version: 2.8.1 OS: XP Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245) Concerning the "col" argument, doc states only that col is "a colour to be used to fill the bars. The default of NULL yields unfilled bars." It omits to mention that the col argument takes a vector which applie