The trouble with a fixed link is that either that server gets overloaded or one has to post to a list of servers which is a nuisance. Perhaps this could be included at the bottom of each post instead:
Before posting, search docs for xyz via R command: RSiteSearch("xyz") and if you still need to post please include a REPRODUCIBLE code snippet. See posting guide for more info: http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html On 1/7/06, John Sorkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uwe, > I think you suggestion for giving the URL of the archives as, > "cran-MIRROR/search.html" (emphasis added) is not optimal, because the URL > as does not work. The URL given should work as given. Thus, > http://cran.us.r-project.org/search.html > http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/search.html > or > http://cran.r-project.org/search.htm > are more helpful. > John > > > John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > Baltimore VA Medical Center GRECC and > University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude Pepper OAIC > > University of Maryland School of Medicine > Division of Gerontology > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > > 410-605-7119 > -- NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/07/06 11:14 AM >>> > Jonathan Baron wrote: > > > On 01/07/06 10:51, John Sorkin wrote: > > > >>The situation > >>would be greatly helped if the mailing list would automatically add a > >>header or > >>footer to all Email messages giving the URL of the archived Email threads. > >>Don't > >>expect people to know that what are not told! Those people who, in their > >>answers, > >>suggest that people should search the archives should include the URL of > >>the archives > >>in their response (http://carn.us.r-project.org then click on the word > >>SEARCH in the > >>left-hand column ). > > > > > > Or, more tersely, http://cran.r-project.org/search.html. > > > But then, everybody loads stuff from CRAN master and does not use an > appropriate mirror. > I'd like to suggest *not* to use any mirror URL explicitly in R-help > mails (always, not only related to this thread). > In this case, I'd propose to write something like "CRAN-mirror/search.html" > > Uwe > > > > > http://cran.us.r-project.org/search.html is a mirror, and there > > are other mirrors. > > > > Jon > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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