On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Renaud Gaujoux
wrote:
"BTW: an ever more intuitive solution (IMHO) would be to auto-
complete
package names in library( ... Deepayan?;) That is non-intrusive
and in line
with the general use of R." (S
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Renaud Gaujoux
wrote:
> "BTW: an ever more intuitive solution (IMHO) would be to auto-complete
> package names in library( ... Deepayan?;) That is non-intrusive and in line
> with the general use of R." (Simon)
>
> This is indeed a long wanted feature and to my su
On Oct 28, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Renaud Gaujoux wrote:
> "BTW: an ever more intuitive solution (IMHO) would be to auto-complete
> package names in library( ... Deepayan?;) That is non-intrusive and in line
> with the general use of R." (Simon)
>
> This is indeed a long wanted feature and to my su
"BTW: an ever more intuitive solution (IMHO) would be to auto-complete package names
in library( ... Deepayan?;) That is non-intrusive and in line with the general use of
R." (Simon)
This is indeed a long wanted feature and to my surprise it actually already
exists!!! (seems that Deepayan did
I agree: much nicer to say what went wrong than to say "there is no package"
And many people will not know what R's paths are.
Why not add in a hint about what to do, like: "try running
install.packages("xyz") "
t
> ggrothendieck
> Many beginners are advanced but just don't know R. Its bett
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> Le jeudi 27 octobre 2011 à 13:45 -0400, Gabor Grothendieck a écrit :
>> Perhaps it could report where it looked and couldn't find it:
>>
>> There is no package called 'xyz' in "C:/R/win-library/2.13" and
>> "C:/R/R-2.13.2/library"
> I t
Le jeudi 27 octobre 2011 à 13:45 -0400, Gabor Grothendieck a écrit :
> Perhaps it could report where it looked and couldn't find it:
>
> There is no package called 'xyz' in "C:/R/win-library/2.13" and
> "C:/R/R-2.13.2/library"
I think it would be even more scary for beginners, and advanced users
p
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:46 AM, ONKELINX, Thierry
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>
> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>
> I noticed on several occasions that this puzzles beginners. Therefore I
> suggest to change
On 10/26/11 5:49 AM, "Milan Bouchet-Valat" wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 09:46 +, ONKELINX, Thierry a écrit :
>
>> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>>
>> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>>
>> I noticed on several occasions tha
On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:06 PM, Hadley Wickham wrote:
>> Please, no! We don't want to enter the realm of the computer assuming it
>> knows what you want to do (which is becoming too common nowadays,
>> unfortunately, making the interaction more and more annoying). For some
>> users this error sim
> Please, no! We don't want to enter the realm of the computer assuming it
> knows what you want to do (which is becoming too common nowadays,
> unfortunately, making the interaction more and more annoying). For some users
> this error simply means that they mistyped the package name, so fetchin
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.
On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:05 PM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 12:34 -0400, Simon Urbanek a écrit :
>> Please, no! We don't want to enter the realm of the computer assuming
>> it knows what you want to do (which is becoming too common nowadays,
>> unfortunately, making th
Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 12:34 -0400, Simon Urbanek a écrit :
> Please, no! We don't want to enter the realm of the computer assuming
> it knows what you want to do (which is becoming too common nowadays,
> unfortunately, making the interaction more and more annoying). For
> some users this er
On Oct 26, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 09:46 +, ONKELINX, Thierry a écrit :
>> Dear all,
>>
>> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>>
>> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>>
>> I noticed
Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 09:46 +, ONKELINX, Thierry a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>
> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>
> I noticed on several occasions that this puzzles beginners. Therefore
> I sug
Dear all,
When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
I noticed on several occasions that this puzzles beginners. Therefore I suggest
to change the error description in:
Error in library(xyz) : there is no package
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