OK, so I took Jeff's hint and did this myself! https://github.com/hughjonesd/r-help
Sample page for ?plot from the first version of R (at least, the first version that is on svn): https://hughjonesd.github.io/r-help/0.60/base/plot.html Not everything is guaranteed to work, so please report bugs if you find any. Cheers, David On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 13:23, David Hugh-Jones <davidhughjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There are plenty of places to find current docs. I think it’s fine to have > versioned ones also. I agree it would be a good idea to clearly signal > “hey, this is an old version” - indeed I’ve been bitten by that in python > before. I’m working on this now… will see what I can do. > > Does anyone happen to know if it’s possible to create 00index files > without installing the relevant package? (Loading R 0.60 is challenging…) > > D > > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 13:02, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 30/06/2023 7:57 a.m., David Hugh-Jones wrote: >> > Static web pages get indexed by google. >> >> Isn't that an argument against having static pages? If I do a Google >> search for "R lm" I think it's better to find the current docs rather >> than dozens of obsolete versions. It's rare that someone wants to see >> changes across versions, so doing that should take extra work. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> > >> > David >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 09:55, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Why store them? Download the source on demand, and convert it. >> Seems >> > pretty simple. >> > >> > Duncan Murdoch >> > >> > On 30/06/2023 1:19 a.m., David Hugh-Jones wrote: >> > > This is for the rcheology package. I run a Shiny web app which >> > lets you >> > > examine changes to functions across R versions: >> > > >> > > https://hughjonesd.shinyapps.io/rcheology/ >> > <https://hughjonesd.shinyapps.io/rcheology/> >> > > >> > > Manually storing and converting the Rd might be possible, but it >> > would be >> > > burdensome in terms of data (and my time). And if the Rd spec has >> > changed >> > > across versions, that’s another problem. >> > > >> > > More generally, shouldn’t there be publicly available versioned >> > > documentation? Python has had this for a long time. >> > > >> > > David >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 01:01, Jeff Newmiller >> > <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us <mailto:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> Sure. On your computer. Install the old version of R and let it >> > serve the >> > >> relevant docs. >> > >> >> > >> Dunno of anyone doing this historical dive online for you >> > though. Why >> > >> would you want preformatted docs if you didn't have those old >> > versions >> > >> installed? >> > >> >> > >> On June 29, 2023 4:23:55 PM PDT, David Hugh-Jones < >> > >> davidhughjo...@gmail.com <mailto:davidhughjo...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> > >>> That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted >> > HTML pages? >> > >>> >> > >>> Cheers, D >> > >>> >> > >>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov >> > <krylov.r...@gmail.com <mailto:krylov.r...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 >> > >>>> David Hugh-Jones <davidhughjo...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:davidhughjo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >>>> >> > >>>>> I'm looking for a source of online help for R base >> > >>>>> packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable >> value of >> > >>>>> "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> These live in the R source tree, under src/library: >> > >>>> https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ >> > <https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at >> the >> > >>>> branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: >> > >>>> >> > >>>> svn log \ >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >> >> > >> https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd >> < >> https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd >> > >> > >>>> >> > >>>> ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest >> > R-4.1-patched. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching >> > model of >> > >>>> Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps >> not. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> -- >> > >>>> Best regards, >> > >>>> Ivan >> > >>>> >> > >>>> [*] >> > https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html >> > <https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html >> > >> > >>>> >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> > >> >> > >> ______________________________________________ >> > >> R-package-devel@r-project.org >> > <mailto:R-package-devel@r-project.org> mailing list >> > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel >> > <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
