Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-14 Thread Jim Lemon
On 01/14/2010 07:44 PM, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:35:25 +0100 Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: Well, I was thinking of better integration with the help pages, e.g., having each image appear right after the code that generated it, having larger images (perhaps at approx. the defa

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-14 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:35:25 +0100 Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Well, I was thinking of better integration with the help pages, e.g., > having each image appear right after the code that generated it, having > larger images (perhaps at approx. the default window size for graphs in > R?), and ha

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-09 Thread Dieter Menne
Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > Including graphical output in the man pages is one of the eventual goals > of the new help system. I doubt it will make it into 2.11.x, but it > will probably be there in 2.12.x. > This is good news; while I did not love Hadley Wickham's decision to put documentat

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-09 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 09/01/2010 12:48 PM, Dieter Menne wrote: Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: In case anybody is looking for ideas in how to improve the above site, inclusion of rendered example graphs, similar to the ones at "http://www.metaresearch.de/exlib/";, would be nice. If the format you use on your site

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-09 Thread Dieter Menne
Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > > In case anybody is looking for ideas in how to improve the above > site, inclusion of rendered example graphs, similar to the ones at > "http://www.metaresearch.de/exlib/";, would be nice. > If the format you use on your site were accepted as the standard in R

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Jim Lemon wrote: > It's not the first time I've said it, but Jonathan Baron's search engine has > always provided answers when my local R help can't. The only change I would > make is to default to searching R functions only. > Another interface to this search engi

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Jim Lemon
On 01/09/2010 12:41 AM, Jonathan Baron wrote: ... Such a website exists: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu Right near the top is a set of links to (almost) all package documentation. Duncan Murdoch helped here by including an option to build static pages in the R source. There is also a search eng

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Peter Keller
Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:03:31 -0500 Jonathan Baron > wrote: >> > In case anybody is looking for ideas in how to improve the above >> > site, inclusion of rendered example graphs, similar to the ones at >> > "http://www.metaresearch.de/exlib/";, would be nice. >>

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:03:31 -0500 Jonathan Baron wrote: > > In case anybody is looking for ideas in how to improve the above > > site, inclusion of rendered example graphs, similar to the ones at > > "http://www.metaresearch.de/exlib/";, would be nice. > > Why should I bother when the site exi

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Jonathan Baron
On 01/08/10 14:56, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:41:49 -0500 Jonathan Baron > wrote: > > > Many people seem unhappy with the new documentation server because you > > > need to have R running to access it, and it's not immediately obvious > > > how to bookmark references so th

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Hadley Wickham
> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/7707 - here you can donate as much or as > little as you like to support this project.  You won't pay until the > total amount has been pledged. I misread the documentation - do you actually pay right away. If I don't reach the $1000, I'll pass on the money to a goo

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Hadley Wickham
>> Many people seem unhappy with the new documentation server because you >> need to have R running to access it, and it's not immediately obvious >> how to bookmark references so they work long-term. One solution to >> this problem is to have a globally available website that provides >> access to

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:41:49 -0500 Jonathan Baron wrote: > > Many people seem unhappy with the new documentation server because you > > need to have R running to access it, and it's not immediately obvious > > how to bookmark references so they work long-term. One solution to > > this problem is t

Re: [R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Jonathan Baron
On 01/08/10 07:15, Hadley Wickham wrote: > Dear list, > > Many people seem unhappy with the new documentation server because you > need to have R running to access it, and it's not immediately obvious > how to bookmark references so they work long-term. One solution to > this problem is to have a

[R] Online R documentation

2010-01-08 Thread Hadley Wickham
Dear list, Many people seem unhappy with the new documentation server because you need to have R running to access it, and it's not immediately obvious how to bookmark references so they work long-term. One solution to this problem is to have a globally available website that provides access to al