R help - Jul 2003 - Shapefiles package upload

I uploaded version 0.3 of the shapefiles package to CRAN earlier today.
Version 0.2 had a bug that omitted the decimal precision in numeric fields
so some programs (such as ArcGIS) would not parse the fields correctly.  I
also added an argument to write.dbf to swap "." with "_"
since ArcGIS does
not permit underscores in field names.  Let me know if you run into any
other problems.  Thanks.

Benjamin Stabler
Transportation Planning Analysis Unit
Oregon Department of Transportation
555 13th Street NE, Suite 2
Salem, OR 97301  Ph: 503-986-4104

Sorry, I meant to say ArcGIS does not permit periods in field names.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: STABLER Benjamin 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:29 PM
>To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Shapefiles package upload
>
>
>I uploaded version 0.3 of the shapefiles package to CRAN 
>earlier today.  Version 0.2 had a bug that omitted the decimal 
>precision in numeric fields so some programs (such as ArcGIS) 
>would not parse the fields correctly.  I also added an 
>argument to write.dbf to swap "." with "_" since ArcGIS
does
>not permit underscores in field names.  Let me know if you run 
>into any other problems.  Thanks.
>
>Benjamin Stabler
>Transportation Planning Analysis Unit
>Oregon Department of Transportation
>555 13th Street NE, Suite 2
>Salem, OR 97301  Ph: 503-986-4104
>
>