As the number of options has grown, I have found it harder and harder to spot if a particular option is set, as well as to find descriptions in the help file. Currently options() lists them in the order they were first set. I would find it much easier if the options were listed in alphabetical order both in the help file and as output. Does anyone see any reason to retain the current order? -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595