[Rd] utils package: .Rd to .dvi (PR#9079)

2006-07-14 Thread rmh
# R for Windows will not send your bug report automatically. # Please copy the bug report (after finishing it) to # your favorite email program and send it to # # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ## I am building a package. I discovered that all \usage

[Rd] R as shell script

2006-07-14 Thread Juha Vierinen
Hi, I am considering if I should invest in learning R. Based on the language definition and introductory documents, it seems nice. But now I am faced with a problem: I want to be able to run R programs easily from the unix shell, and write scripts that can automatically select R as the interpreter

[Rd] dweibull retuns NaN instead of Inf (PR#9080)

2006-07-14 Thread goran . brostrom
Full_Name: Göran Broström Version: 2.3.1 OS: Linux, ubuntu Submission from: (NULL) (85.11.40.53) > dweibull(0, 0.5, 1) [1] NaN Warning message: NaNs produced in: dweibull(x, shape, scale, log) should give Inf (and no Warning). Compare with > dgamma(0, 0.5, 1) [1] Inf This happens when 'shape'

Re: [Rd] R as shell script

2006-07-14 Thread Jeffrey Horner
Juha Vierinen wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering if I should invest in learning R. Based on the > language definition and introductory documents, it seems nice. But now > I am faced with a problem: I want to be able to run R programs easily > from the unix shell, and write scripts that can automati

[Rd] dialog box does not go away (PR#9081)

2006-07-14 Thread plorch
Full_Name: Pat Lorch Version: Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) OS: OS X 10.4.7 Submission from: (NULL) (131.123.232.162) I have noticed that when I save a Quartz graphic and sometimes when I source a file, the dialog box persists and causes certain functions (Quit and Load/Save Default Workspace) to b

[Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Sebastian Luque
Hi, One of the big decisions when writing code is how to handle dates and times. Gabor Grothendieck provided an excellent overview of the issue in his R News 4/1 (2004) article, and many users and developers are probably using it as a guide. The proposed guideline is to use the simplest class re

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 14 July 2006 at 14:38, Sebastian Luque wrote: | If Gabor's recommendations are to be followed, wouldn't it make sense to | include chron in base R? Given that flexibility for handling time Future historians will provide a fuller account of the extended debates, but my reading of these discuss

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On 7/14/06, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 14 July 2006 at 14:38, Sebastian Luque wrote: > | If Gabor's recommendations are to be followed, wouldn't it make sense to > | include chron in base R? Given that flexibility for handling time > > Future historians will provide a full

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Sebastian Luque
Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14 July 2006 at 14:38, Sebastian Luque wrote: | If Gabor's recommendations are to be followed, wouldn't it make sense to | include chron in base R? Given that flexibility for handling time Future historians will provide a fuller account of the ext

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 14 July 2006 at 16:32, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: | On 7/14/06, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Date and POSIXt have served me well over the last few years. They are | > maintained and being extended [ 1 ]. Chron, to the best of my knowledge, is | > dead code so I'd bet against

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Sebastian Luque
[Sorry for my previous empty post] Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14 July 2006 at 14:38, Sebastian Luque wrote: > | If Gabor's recommendations are to be followed, wouldn't it make sense > | to include chron in base R? Given that flexibility for handling time > Future historia

Re: [Rd] chron vs. POSIX

2006-07-14 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 7/14/2006 3:38 PM, Sebastian Luque wrote: > Hi, > > One of the big decisions when writing code is how to handle dates and > times. Gabor Grothendieck provided an excellent overview of the issue in > his R News 4/1 (2004) article, and many users and developers are probably > using it as a guide