In 1.8, the functional forms of "?" (?f(...) and method?f(...)) were not finding the generic function & therefore not reporting method documentation. Should be fixed in a version of r-patched committed today. -- John M. Chambers jmc@bell-labs.com Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies office: (908)582-2681 700 Mountain Avenue, Room 2C-282 fax: (908)582-3340 Murray Hill, NJ 07974 web: cs.bell-labs.com/~jmc