Windows binaries and source at CRAN (binaries/windows/Windows-NT/base) have been updated to R-0.64.0. Pre-compiled packages for this version of R are provided by Brian D. Ripley and available CRAN/binaries/Windows-NT/contrib. Brian Ripley is also mantaining a FAQ for this version of R (linked in the main R FAQ at CRAN or available directly at http:/www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/R/rw-FAQ.html). WINDOWS NEWS: =========== R-0.64 uses platform-independent code for file handling. Files are displayed under a pager in a separate window rather than in the console. Environment variables can be set as NAME=value on the command line, including in a short-cut. Content of the pager and of the Rgui's console can be printed by File | Print. The help, latex and example files can be stored in zip files to save space; this is used for the base package. The menus are enabled/disabled and check-marked correctly under NT. We hope to have solved the 'rw0633 font dimension problem' shown under some NT version. read.fwf works if you have Perl installed. help(, offline=TRUE) will work if you have latex installed and customize RHOME/bin/helpPRINT.bat. The optional rw0640l.zip contains the latex sources. The sockets code is compiled in, but we have not tested it. system() has new arguments `invisible' and `minimized'. ================================================================ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-announce 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-announce-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._