I have an R package Bond Lab which actually supports a book Investing in MBS using R and Open Source Computing. ?The Bond Lab beta is stable. ?I have also created a package companion to investing in MBS. ?Both are on my Github site
https://github.com/glennmschultz/
I wrote the companion as functions for each chapter calling source code. ?I really don't like the way it works presentation wise but the user could see the code used. ?Further, the user must create a directory and copy the source into the directory. ?Further the source runs all examples at once which seems a little confusion. ?However, to illustrate a function for chapter example I think I have to make a function to call a function which does not make sense.
My first question, any suggestions on illustrating function call aside from the strategy I am using. ?I am not a fan of what I am doing.
My second question regards on.load() vs. on.attach() Bond Lab needs to create the BondLab directory which installs in the BondLab library to the ~/users directory, the same for the companion. ?
I think I should use on.load(), correct?
I am not sure how to do this and will the same function work for both Windows and MAC? ?
Do I need different copy from path for Windows and MAC or can it be generic since the copy happens at load.
I?would like to get Bond Lab on?CRAN. ?I read CRAN rules require a yes/no from the user to write a directory. ?So, I need to write an on.load() function for both Bond Lab and the Companion. ?Also, CRAN requires that a package works on at least two systems so I need to figure out the Windows build. ?This leads to another question.
Can I somehow make a windows binary on a MAC?
If not, can I emulate Windows on a MAC and make a binary? ?Seems like this may not be 100%.
Will I actually?have?to buy a windows machine to build the windows binary for CRAN?
Glenn ?