[Rd] importing a function, generic conflicts

2007-05-20 Thread Ben Bolker
so ... I need to calculate numerical Hessians in some package code, and fdHess() in the nlme package seems to work just fine. However: (1) minor issue -- it bugs me a little bit to require the whole package for the sake of a single function (on the other hand, nlme is pretty widespread and u

[Rd] section needed in FAQ - Using R (PR#9698)

2007-05-20 Thread ray
Full_Name: Ray Kiddy Version: R 2.5.0 GUI 1.19 (4308) OS: Mac OS X 10.4.9 Submission from: (NULL) (71.139.33.60) There is no section in the FAQ equivalent to "Using R". The "R Basics" is too basic. I would say it addresses "meta-R" questions, such as installing. I had a FAQ that I would think w