Hello, I am new useR, I have written some functions, which I currently use by "source"-ing them from the files. That's OK, but when I my functions start counting in the tens and hundreds I'd be glad to be able to type "help.search("my_obscure_fun")" and get a sensible reply. I also want to be able to load them as a package at startup and not have to "source" each one individually. I read through the "Writing R Extensions" file, but I am overwhelmed with the vast amount of prescribed detail that Extension Authors must follow - directory structure, file structure, etc. Luckily, I found the "prompt" function, which helps in writing of help-files in the form of "fill-in the blanks". But that's only for the help-files. Reading further, it gets even more complicated. The user is referred to the "R Installation and Administration" document, which says that:
If you want to build R or add-on packages from source in Windows, you will need to collect, install and test an extensive set of tools. These seem to include among others Perl and compiler. But R is an interpreted and cross-platform language, I don't understand the need for additional platform specific tools just to call a user collection of R-files. Anyone knows of a smooth introduction to these topics? Rgards, TL ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.