[this message bounced, because it had 'help' at beginning of Subject. Now sent as "approved". -- MM] I'm not happy at all with the html and latex version of the base help files, because presenting (currently) 320 files in alphabetic order is not a good way for unexperienced users. I'm thinking about introducing a new command like \category or whatever to split the help files up into parts like graphics commands random numbers linear models input/output ... such that we can organize things a little bit. this way we could also have a concise index of ALL functions available that is still helpfull. somthing like the categories list in the R-minus help window ... what do you think? how to organize such a thing (besides providing the technical means)? fritz =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
R-alpha: help files of base package
2 messages · Friedrich Leisch, Peter Dalgaard
Friedrich Leisch <Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
I'm not happy at all with the html and latex version of the base help files, because presenting (currently) 320 files in alphabetic order is not a good way for unexperienced users.
You're not alone... but I'm afraid that this is something very difficult to do right. Some things are easy, i.e. factor out graphics functions and linear models, but other things might be difficult to structure right, e.g. what goes in a "core" part? arithmetic? programming constructs? etc.
what do you think? how to organize such a thing (besides providing the technical means)?
I think we need to think for a while and try some things and see how they work. One technical means that I've been wanting is a way to extract a mini-manual to go with the reduced curriculum in my medical PhD course. (Or maybe it's there already and I just didn't have the time to find out?)
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