Digest reading is tedious
On 09-Aug-05 Trevor Hastie wrote:
Like many, I am sure, I get R-Help in digest form. Its easy enough to browse the subject lines, but then if an entry interests you, you have to embark on this tedious search or scroll to find it. It would be great to have a "clickable" digest, where the topics list is a set of pointers, and clicking on a topic takes you to that entry. I can think of at least one way to do this via web pages, but I bet those with more web skills than me can come up with an elegant solution.
If that were implemented, I would suggest that it should be a third category of format, "html-digest", say. Otherwise, people (though I'm not one of them) who choose to receive R-help in digest form but use text-based mail software will find their screens cluttered with HTML tags. It's a good idea, but I think the existing digest format should also be kept as it is. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 09-Aug-05 Time: 18:48:42 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------