Re: [Rd] Encoding errors in Rd files

2012-07-24 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 24/07/2012 21:08, steven mosher wrote: Well, I'm working on project trying to bring back an old package last published on R 1.9 back to life. I'm almost there but I am getting killed by an encoding error in the Rd files After reading the manual, I decided to try UTF-8. Mostly because I could

Re: [Rd] questions on R CMD INSTALL et al

2012-07-24 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:30 PM, luxInteg wrote: > Greetings, > > I am learning R > My machine has these; > CPU: 3cores amd64 > OS pure-64bit CBLFS liux compiled from sources (kernel 3.2.1, gcc-4.6.2 > R-2.15 > When I compiled R the compiler spewed out lines like these:- > > make[3]: Entering

[Rd] Encoding errors in Rd files

2012-07-24 Thread steven mosher
Well, I'm working on project trying to bring back an old package last published on R 1.9 back to life. I'm almost there but I am getting killed by an encoding error in the Rd files After reading the manual, I decided to try UTF-8. Mostly because I could spell it. ha. That got me a bit closer but

Re: [Rd] On RObjectTables

2012-07-24 Thread Roger D. Peng
I was thinking that the RObjectTables appeared before the active binding stuff was introduced. On quick examination, it seems the active binding mechanism might be a more stable way to go. That's how it was done in filehash. -roger On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:15 AM, wrote: > In my original reply

[Rd] questions on R CMD INSTALL et al

2012-07-24 Thread luxInteg
Greetings, I am learning R My machine has these; CPU: 3cores amd64 OS pure-64bit CBLFS liux compiled from sources (kernel 3.2.1, gcc-4.6.2 R-2.15 When I compiled R the compiler spewed out lines like these:- make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/RtmpiHdDJy/R.INSTALL472339eeb23a/mgcv/src' gcc -m

Re: [Rd] On RObjectTables

2012-07-24 Thread luke-tierney
In my original reply I wrote The facility in its current form does complicate the internal code and limit some experiments we might otherwise do, so I would not be surprised if it was at least substantially changed in the next year or two. This is obviously _not_ the time to invest effort in d

Re: [Rd] On RObjectTables

2012-07-24 Thread Jeroen Ooms
Maybe it is worth considering to document this functionality a bit more, or expose some wrappers in R? It's a bit obscure right now, which seems both dangerous in terms of maintenance and a missed opportunity (especially if people are already building on it). On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:06 AM, M