Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread schuster
Hi, > It amazes me that there's not a built in "report" function that can produce > the same kinds of reports that every report writer and data analysis > software in the whole word can do. (see SAS, Crystal Reports, SPSS, Oracle > Reports, Actuate, Hyperion, Cognos, ..etc) I think R is a very

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Donald Paul Winston
That is not true. ?plot() gives me the appropriate help page. (R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) Mac OS X) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Latex-no-where-to-be-seen-tp2332139p2332577.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Michael Sumner
Fortune alert: "It's actually slightly more complicated: ?ls() really is parsed as ? of ls(), not (?ls)()." On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:53 PM, jim holtman wrote: > I will ask a variation on my favorite question that is on my signature line: > > "Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to d

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread jim holtman
I will ask a variation on my favorite question that is on my signature line: "Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it". On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:48 AM, David Hajage wrote: > "It amazes me that there's not a built in "report" function that can produce > the same kinds of reports t

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread David Hajage
"It amazes me that there's not a built in "report" function that can produce the same kinds of reports that every report writer and data analysis software in the whole word can do. (see SAS, Crystal Reports, SPSS, Oracle Reports, Actuate, Hyperion, Cognos, ..etc)" To do some reports, most of R use

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Erik Iverson
On 08/19/2010 11:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package manager does not have it. The package installer can't find it. Where is it? It amazes me that there's not

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Philippe Grosjean
On 20/08/10 13:22, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Philippe Grosjean wrote: On 20/08/10 09:11, Joshua Wiley wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. Th

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Philippe Grosjean wrote: On 20/08/10 09:11, Joshua Wiley wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package Just as a side

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Philippe Grosjean
On 20/08/10 09:11, Joshua Wiley wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package Just as a side note, using ?foo() will always return a

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Joshua Wiley
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Philippe Grosjean wrote: > On 20/08/10 09:11, Joshua Wiley wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston >>  wrote: >>> >>> I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the >>> destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear (person who did not put her name under her message unless it's --), maybe whoever told you referred to the system latex command. You could also issue '??tex' at the R-prompt. When I then search for 'TeX' I quickly find 'tools::texi2dvi Compile LaTeX Files' Is that what you are lookin

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-20 Thread Joshua Wiley
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: > > I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the > destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package Just as a side note, using ?foo() will always return an error. If there were a latex() funct

Re: [R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-19 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Donald Paul Winston wrote: > > I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the > destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package > manager does not have it. The package installer can't find it. Where is it? Have you tried

[R] Latex no where to be seen

2010-08-19 Thread Donald Paul Winston
I'm experimenting using R as a report writer. I'm told LaTex is the destination for my quest. But ?latex() gives me an error. The package manager does not have it. The package installer can't find it. Where is it? It amazes me that there's not a built in "report" function that can produce the sam