And which editor would that be??? And don't say Emacs+ESS - people who are able to use Emacs+ESS would not need such videos! Best Søren
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Frank E Harrell Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 4. maj 2006 14:30 > Til: Søren Højsgaard > Cc: Uwe Ligges; Andrew Robinson; R-Help Discussion > Emne: Re: [R] New-user support package - suggestions? > > Søren Højsgaard wrote: > > Dear Andrew, > > > > I tend to agree with Uwe. > > > > A perhaps more useful approach for achieving your goal > would be to create a video introduction to R. On > http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/ you can find examples of > such introductory videos for programming, for example in C#. > > > > I've experimented a little myself with creating such videos > for "getting started" with R, i.e. installing R, installing > the Tinn-R editor, using the help facilities, finding things > on CRAN. It is not as easy to do as I had thought... (If > anyone is interested in the result, please drop me a line and > I'll send you a link).. There are various relevant pieces of > software around, for example camtasia (commercial) and > camstudio (freeware).. > > > > Such a set of videos could make it onto CRAN... > > > > Best > > Søren > > But please choose an editor that works on all platforms. > > Frank > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] på vegne af Uwe Ligges > > Sendt: to 04-05-2006 09:13 > > Til: Andrew Robinson > > Cc: R-Help Discussion > > Emne: Re: [R] New-user support package - suggestions? > > > > > > > > Andrew Robinson wrote: > > > > > >>Dear Community, > >> > >>This is largely a repost with some new information. > >> > >>I'm interested in developing a package that could ease the > >>command-line learning curve for new users. It would provide more > >>detailed syntax checking and commentary as feedback. It > would try to > >>anticipate common new-user errors, and provide feedback to help > >>correct them. > > > > > > Re. "anticipate", see > > > > install.packages("fortunes") > > library("fortunes") > > fortune("anticipate") > > > > > > > >>As a trivial example, instead of > >> > >> > >> > >>>mean(c(1,2,NA)) > >> > >>[1] NA > >> > >>we might have > >> > >> > >> > >>>mean(c(1,2,NA)) > >> > >>[1] NA > >>Warning: your data contains missing values. If you wish to ignore > >>these for the purposes of computing the mean, use the argument: > >>"na.rm=TRUE". > > > > > > > > Attention. If you give help like this, you will implicitly > teach users > > not to read the manuals but trust on R's warning/error messages and > > suggestions. > > Some students won't ask the question "why do my data > contain NAs" but > > will start using na.rm=TRUE, even if the error was in a > prior step and > > no NAs were expected at all. > > > > > > > >>I'm interested in any thoughts that people have about this > idea - what > >>errors do you commonly see, and how can they be dealt with? > >> > >>I have funding for 6 weeks of programming support for this > idea. All > >>suggestions are welcome. > >> > >>Cheers, > >> > >>Andrew > > > > > > > > Your project sounds very ambitious. I anticipate you will be > > disappointed after 6 weeks of "programming", because you won't have > > achieved very much. I'd rather try to spend 6 weeks of time > for some > > more promising projects... > > > > Just my first thoughts, just go on with your project if you > are convinced. > > > > Best, > > Uwe Ligges > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > -- > Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine > Department of Biostatistics > Vanderbilt University > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
