Re: [Rd] Citation of R packages

2006-02-10 Thread John Maindonald
Even if a CITATION file is included, there is an issue of what to put in it. Authorship of a book or paper is not always the simple matter that might appear. With an R package, it can be a far from simple matter. We are trying to adapt a tool, surely, that was designed for different purposes.

Re: [Rd] Citation of R packages

2006-02-10 Thread Friedrich . Leisch
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:01:44 +1100, > John Maindonald (JM) wrote: [...] > Where there is a published paper or a book (such as MASS), or a > manual for which a url can be given, my decision was to include > that in the main list of references, but not to include references > ther

Re: [Rd] Citation of R packages

2006-02-10 Thread John Maindonald
On 5 Feb 2006, at 2:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:06:52 +1100 (EST), >> John Maindonald (JM) wrote: > >> The bibtex citations provided by citation() do not >> work all that well in cases where there is no printed >> document to reference: > > That's why there is

Re: [Rd] Citation of R packages

2006-02-04 Thread Friedrich . Leisch
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:06:52 +1100 (EST), > John Maindonald (JM) wrote: > The bibtex citations provided by citation() do not > work all that well in cases where there is no printed > document to reference: That's why there is a warning at the end that they will need manual editing

[Rd] Citation of R packages

2006-01-29 Thread John Maindonald
The bibtex citations provided by citation() do not work all that well in cases where there is no printed document to reference: (1) A version field is needed, as the note field is required for other purposes, currently trying to sort out nuances that cannot be sorted out in the author list (author,