>>>>> Richard Cotton <richiero...@gmail.com> >>>>> on Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:23:42 +0300 writes:
> Contributed packages have copies of their vignettes on CRAN (in their > package page at <cranmirror>/web/packages/<packagename>). > Since base packages no longer have a page here, I can't find a web link to them. > I'm aware that I can find the vignette via browseVignettes() or > vignette("vignettename", package = "packagename"). There are two use > cases where a web link is more useful. If someone is asking for help > and I want to direct them to a vignette, having a link to a vignette > rather than getting them to open R and type a command increases the > chance that they will actually bother to look at the thing. Secondly, > if I want to read a vignette on a machine without R (ebook reader, > phone, whatever), then a web link is more convenient. > Are the base vignettes available online? I bet ... and I would have done so even before doing a quick check. > If so, where are they? Indeed, one place is "here" (the place I work) i.e., from http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/ (which I think is one of the oldest still working R related "web pages" ... and yes, it shows its age :-) > If not, is it feasible to make them available? The drawback of the above is that you see the future versions of the manuals and I agree that it may make sense to provide them in a .....r-project.org location (where I don't "see" them). Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich > -- > Regards, > Richie ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.