François Pinard wrote: > [Uwe Ligges] > >>François Pinard wrote: >> >>>[David Forrest] > > >>>>[...] A few end-to-end tutorials on some interesting analyses would >>>>be helpful. > > >>>I'm in the process of learning R. While tutorials are undoubtedly >>>very useful, and understanding that working and studying methods vary >>>between individuals, what I (for one) would like to have is a fairly >>>complete reference manual to the library [...] organised by topics. > > >>Have a look at help.start() --> Search Engine & Keywords --> Section >>"Keywords by Topic". > > > Yes, thanks. This is quite in the spirit, or direction, of what I was > proposing. Is that resource exhaustive? (I'm asking out of laziness, > as it might take me several months to really check.)
It is exhaustive in the following sense: - the help page has the appropriate keyword - the package is installed > One serious drawback (for me) is that it requires an heavy weight > browser to be used, with Javascript enabled. I do not find this very > practical. Another point is that the presentation, while useful, is a > rather dry. In another message, I suggested the "Emacs Lisp Reference > Manual" as a good example of a fluid presentation of a voluminous > library. There might be some workable compromise between the current > situation with R, even through the "Keywords by Topic", and that > fluidity. (Wikis also have the drawback of requiring heavy machinery, > and the editor they force us into if usually unbearable.) > > I may be back with this subject, but only in a good while. I'm slowly > building a kind of documentation plan I want (yet in French), as I learn > R, and guess I may complete my base learning in one or two years from > now (hoping I'll stay courageous enough). If I then get something > usable or shareable enough, I'll offer it -- because I like returning > a little something for the nice tools given to me! :-) So we are looking forward to see the better system. Uwe Ligges > In any case, thanks for listening! > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html