Re: [Rd] 'load' does not properly add 'show' methods for classes extending 'list'

2007-09-25 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I am not sure why you expected this to work: I did not expect it to and could not find relevant documentation to suggest it should. Loading an object created from a non-attached package does not in general attach that package and make the methods for the class of 'x' available. We have talked a

[Rd] contributed CRAN packages / Windows binaries for R-2.6.0

2007-09-25 Thread Uwe Ligges
To all CRAN package maintainers: package maintainers might want to inspect the check summary provided on CRAN (CRAN/src/contrib/checkSummary.html) in order to clean up and fix packages that result in WARNINGs or ERRORs under some operating systems. I will trigger to send out messages to those m

[Rd] non-linear fitting (nls) and confidence limits

2007-09-25 Thread Joerg van den Hoff
dear list members, my question concerns computation of confidence intervals in nonlinear fits with `nls' when weigthing the fit. the seemingly correct procedure does not work as (I) expected. I'm posting this here since: (A) the problem might suggest a modification to the `m' component in the retu

Re: [Rd] 'load' does not properly add 'show' methods for classes extending 'list'

2007-09-25 Thread Robert Gentleman
I think that it would be best then, not to load the package, as loading it in this way, means that it is almost impossible to get the methods registered correctly. That does seem to be a bug, or at least a major inconvenience. And one might wonder at the purpose of attaching if not to make met

[Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread Herve Pages
Hi, R-2.6 + install.packages() doesn't find rggobi on Mac OS X. The .tgz file is here: http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/ but it is not listed in the PACKAGES file: http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES Any idea why? Thanks! H. _

Re: [Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Herve Pages wrote: > Hi, > > R-2.6 + install.packages() doesn't find rggobi on Mac OS X. > The .tgz file is here: > > http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/ > > but it is not listed in the PACKAGES file: > > http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/macosx/unive

Re: [Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread Simon Urbanek
Actually, the fact that the tar ball is there must be a mirroring problem, because it's not on the master CRAN server. You should fix your mirror - objects may appear closer ... ;) Cheers, Simon On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Herve Pages w

Re: [Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread hadley wickham
On 9/25/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Herve Pages wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > R-2.6 + install.packages() doesn't find rggobi on Mac OS X. > > The .tgz file is here: > > > > http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/ > > > > but it is not

Re: [Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:33 PM, hadley wickham wrote: > On 9/25/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Herve Pages wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> R-2.6 + install.packages() doesn't find rggobi on Mac OS X. >>> The .tgz file is here: >>> >>> http://cran.fhcrc.or

Re: [Rd] rggobi not in bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/PACKAGES on CRAN

2007-09-25 Thread hadley wickham
On 9/25/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:33 PM, hadley wickham wrote: > > > On 9/25/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Herve Pages wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> R-2.6 + install.packages() doesn't find rggobi