Dear R-announce list members,
I've uploaded to CRAN a new version of my Rcmdr package, which provides a
cross-platform basic-statistics GUI for R. This version has a few new
features, but mostly addresses some problems that arose with the original
version. The relevant portion of the CHANGES file for the package is appended.
As before, suggestions and reports of problems are appreciated.
John
---- CHANGES ----
Version 0.8-3
o Changed Compute dialog to use with(activeDataSet, expression) rather
than to evaluate the expression in the global environment.
o Added RcmdrPager function for non-Windows systems, a version of the
tkpager modified slightly to use the Rcmdr monospaced font and a white
background. This is for non-Windows systems.
o Added Data -> Active data set -> Export active data set.
o Reworked package initialization so as not to fail when a required
package -- probably car -- is missing (thanks to Brian Ripley for help here).
o Reworked options, mostly for better font support in non-Windows
systems, but also to allow configurable size of log window, etc. Made
default log window larger.
o Added check box to the Commander window to enable/disable attaching
of active data set.
o Added flexibility to Data -> Import data -> From text file. Other
small changes to Delete variables and Recode dialogs.
o Added Statistics -> Summaries -> Active data set.
o Cleaned up some dialogs -- for example, lm and glm dialogs have
initial focus in the lhs field and tab directly to the rhs field.
o Changes to all dialogs to ensure better behaviour, particularly in
fast Windows XP systems: preventing scrollbars from sticking and dialogs
from displaying completely (thanks to Peter Dalgaard and, especially, Marc
Schwartz).
o Re-executing lines from the log with assignment to a list (or data
frame) element (e.g., data$x <- y) now works.
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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M4
email: jfox at mcmaster.ca
phone: 905-525-9140x23604
web: www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox
