G'day all,
>>>>> "HW" == hadley wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> There aren't any immediate plans to change help(package=XXX), but I
>> think in the long run, if package?XXX receives wider support than it has
>> now, it would make sense to make that change.
HW> When was this form of package documentation created?
Well, the section in "Writing R extensions" on "Documenting packages"
appeared first in the version for R 2.2.0. My impression is that this
form of package documentation was created in response to the following
discussion:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/06/index.html#1141
In particular, look at message :
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/06/1161.html
in that thread.
HW> How are users supposed to know it exists?
By asking questions (or following the discussions) on r-help and r-devel? ;-))
More seriously, as Duncan pointed out in his reply, this is a
relatively new feature and few packages support it. But I guess
sooner or later this feature will be advertised more widely, if only
because of it being again and again mentioned in discussions on r-help
and r-devel.
Cheers,
Berwin
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