[R-SIG-Mac] tip bar parameters: can it be modified to show specific S3 method parameter lists?

It blows windows people away when they see the tip bar” (the bottom bar that shows function parameters) display all the parameters for an obscure function. It similarly dismays mac users when it shows something un-explainatory like function_I_havent_used_for_ages(x, …) # i.e., … instead of the

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] rgeos and rgdal binary packages for Mavericks

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk writes: I have put statically-linked packages up on CRANxtras for the CRAN Mavericks distribution. To use, setRepositories(ind = c(1,6)) # so you get the dependencies from CRAN install.packages(c('rgeos', 'rgdal')) [It is nothing like so

[R-SIG-Mac] Passing external data to R

Hi, Is there a way to pass data and/or commands to R from an external program? For example, let's say I have a Cocoa program (that I'm writing) and R running in the background. Is there a mechanism where I can send data to R such that it will be accessible from the console window? Can I send