Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread Torsten Hothorn
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] My proposal (modified following the suggestions I've heard so far) is as follows: - to check that a couple of help topic aliases exist (pkg.package and pkg) - to recommend that pkg.package contain general information about the package,

Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread A.J. Rossini
On 6/8/05, Torsten Hothorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] My proposal (modified following the suggestions I've heard so far) is as follows: - to check that a couple of help topic aliases exist (pkg.package and pkg) - to recommend

Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread Kurt Hornik
A J Rossini writes: On 6/8/05, Torsten Hothorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] My proposal (modified following the suggestions I've heard so far) is as follows: - to check that a couple of help topic aliases exist (pkg.package and

Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Henrik Bengtsson wrote: It seems that it comes down to two things: 1) a standard Rd topic or alias pkg.package, and 2) enforcing this standard with R CMD check. Pro's and con's for (1): Pros: - Easy to find overview information on a package, that is, you know *where* to find it. - Allows a

Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Torsten Hothorn wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] My proposal (modified following the suggestions I've heard so far) is as follows: - to check that a couple of help topic aliases exist (pkg.package and pkg) - to recommend that pkg.package contain general information

Re: [Rd] Suggestion: help(package name)

2005-06-08 Thread torsten
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Torsten Hothorn wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] My proposal (modified following the suggestions I've heard so far) is as follows: - to check that a couple of help topic aliases exist (pkg.package and pkg) -

[Rd] feature request: enhance solve function with a symmetric option for faster operation for symmetric matrix

2005-06-08 Thread Jason Liao
Dear R developers, Recently I have a simulation program that needs to solve a large number of linear regression A x = b, where A is symmetric and constantly chnages. I found that the solve function is considerably less efficient than solve_symmetric = function(A, B) {

Re: [Rd] feature request: enhance solve function with a symmetric option for faster operation for symmetric matrix

2005-06-08 Thread Douglas Bates
On 6/8/05, Jason Liao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear R developers, Recently I have a simulation program that needs to solve a large number of linear regression A x = b, where A is symmetric and constantly chnages. I found that the solve function is considerably less efficient than

[Rd] Bug in help(package=) (PR#7923)

2005-06-08 Thread murdoch
The following is a bug or mis-design in help(package=): showhelp - function(packageName) help(package=packageName) showhelp(utils) Error in .find.package(pkgName, lib.loc, verbose = verbose) : none of the packages were found The problem is that it calls library(help=) with