[Rd] attach behavior

2004-08-28 Thread Erich Neuwirth
In R 1.9.1, attaching an object more than once puts the object's name on the search path more than once also. Therefore, to remove it, one has to detach it multiply. Wouldn'tn it make sense to change the behavior of attach in a way that object names are not added to the search path more than once

RE: [Rd] Problem with Rcmdr Help menu under devel version of R 2.0.0

2004-08-28 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
You need to print the result of help. From NEWS o help() now returns information about available documentation for a given topic, and notifies about multiple matches. and (unstated) does not print. Brian On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, John Fox wrote: > Dear list members, > > As an addend

RE: [Rd] Problem with Rcmdr Help menu under devel version of R 2.0.0

2004-08-28 Thread John Fox
Dear list members, As an addendum to my previous message, Help buttons in Rcmdr dialogs -- which generate calls to help() -- also fail to bring up corresponding help pages. Again, any assistance would be appreciated. John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAI

[Rd] Problem with Rcmdr Help menu under devel version of R 2.0.0

2004-08-28 Thread John Fox
Dear list members, I've encountered the following problem with the Rcmdr Help menu in the development version of R 2.0.0 under Windows XP ("Version 2.0.0 Under development (unstable) (2004-08-20), ISBN 3-900051-00-3"): The main Commander window has a (tcltk) Help menu with three items, "Commander

Re: [Rd] model.matrix.default chokes on backquote (PR#7202)

2004-08-28 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
> > From: Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Gabor Grothendieck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > The following gives an error: > > > > > > > > > `a(b)` <- 1:4 > > > > > `c(d)` <- (1:4)^2 > > > > > lm(`a(b)` ~ `c(d)`) > > > > Error in mode

Re: [Rd] model.matrix.default chokes on backquote (PR#7202)

2004-08-28 Thread Peter Dalgaard
"Gabor Grothendieck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > The following gives an error: > > > > > > > `a(b)` <- 1:4 > > > > `c(d)` <- (1:4)^2 > > > > lm(`a(b)` ~ `c(d)`) > > > Error in model.matrix.default(mt, mf, contrasts) : > > > model fr

Re: [Rd] model.matrix.default chokes on backquote (PR#7202)

2004-08-28 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The following gives an error: > > > > > `a(b)` <- 1:4 > > > `c(d)` <- (1:4)^2 > > > lm(`a(b)` ~ `c(d)`) > > Error in model.matrix.default(mt, mf, contrasts) : > > model frame and formula mismatch in model.matrix() > > > > To fix it repla

Re: [Rd] model.matrix.default chokes on backquote (PR#7202)

2004-08-28 Thread Peter Dalgaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The following gives an error: > > > `a(b)` <- 1:4 > > `c(d)` <- (1:4)^2 > > lm(`a(b)` ~ `c(d)`) > Error in model.matrix.default(mt, mf, contrasts) : > model frame and formula mismatch in model.matrix() > > To fix it replace this