No, not off the grid. I just don't follow developments with Revolution or with Microsoft. I was merely lamenting that inside-r URLs, that used to get me quickly to the R help pages (even if I was at a computer that did not have R), now re-direct to the corporate MRAN homepage, with the help pages nowhere to be found. Alas! But thanks anyway. --Chris On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:> Been off the grid for the last year? MS bought Revolution R. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Christopher W. Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: >> >> This might be a bit off-topic, but up until recently (a day or so ago?) I loved using inside-r.org as a quick and easy way to access help pages on R commands. Took me to what I needed without any fuss. Now that URL redirects to the "Microsoft R Application Network"? Looks to be something related to Revolution R. What happened? >> >> Thanks. >> >> --Chris Ryan >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
"When giants move, they don't move lightly" Presumably, Revolution's portfolio of web-domains got assimilated and redirected to the corporate homepage. There are valid concerns that might explain such a move. You might as some of the Revolution/Microsoft about the possibility of a resurrection (or, perhaps, whether the same information is now available at a different location). -pd> On 01 Aug 2016, at 17:04 , Christopher W Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: > > No, not off the grid. I just don't follow developments with Revolution > or with Microsoft. > > I was merely lamenting that inside-r URLs, that used to get me quickly > to the R help pages (even if I was at a computer that did not have R), > now re-direct to the corporate MRAN homepage, with the help pages > nowhere to be found. Alas! > > But thanks anyway. > > --Chris > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote: >> Been off the grid for the last year? MS bought Revolution R. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Christopher W. Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: >>> >>> This might be a bit off-topic, but up until recently (a day or so ago?) I loved using inside-r.org as a quick and easy way to access help pages on R commands. Took me to what I needed without any fuss. Now that URL redirects to the "Microsoft R Application Network"? Looks to be something related to Revolution R. What happened? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --Chris Ryan >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
If I prepend with "R" and an R function name in a Google search I generally see a link to a manual page at https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/ David Sent from my iPhone> On Aug 1, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Christopher W Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: > > No, not off the grid. I just don't follow developments with Revolution > or with Microsoft. > > I was merely lamenting that inside-r URLs, that used to get me quickly > to the R help pages (even if I was at a computer that did not have R), > now re-direct to the corporate MRAN homepage, with the help pages > nowhere to be found. Alas! > > But thanks anyway. > > --Chris > >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote: >> Been off the grid for the last year? MS bought Revolution R. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Christopher W. Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: >>> >>> This might be a bit off-topic, but up until recently (a day or so ago?) I loved using inside-r.org as a quick and easy way to access help pages on R commands. Took me to what I needed without any fuss. Now that URL redirects to the "Microsoft R Application Network"? Looks to be something related to Revolution R. What happened? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --Chris Ryan >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>
Microsoft's version of CRAN (called of course, MRAN) has hyperlinked listings of packages at https://mran.microsoft.com/packages/ and Task Views at https://mran.microsoft.com/taskview/ DataCamp.com has a search engine for functions in CRAN and BioConductor (11095 packages) at http://www.rdocumentation.org/ and Task Views at http://www.rdocumentation.org/taskviews ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of David Winsemius Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 11:42 AM To: Christopher W Ryan Cc: R-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] what happened to inside-r? [possibly OT] If I prepend with "R" and an R function name in a Google search I generally see a link to a manual page at https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/ David Sent from my iPhone> On Aug 1, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Christopher W Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: > > No, not off the grid. I just don't follow developments with Revolution > or with Microsoft. > > I was merely lamenting that inside-r URLs, that used to get me quickly > to the R help pages (even if I was at a computer that did not have R), > now re-direct to the corporate MRAN homepage, with the help pages > nowhere to be found. Alas! > > But thanks anyway. > > --Chris > >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote: >> Been off the grid for the last year? MS bought Revolution R. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Christopher W. Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu> wrote: >>> >>> This might be a bit off-topic, but up until recently (a day or so ago?) I loved using inside-r.org as a quick and easy way to access help pages on R commands. Took me to what I needed without any fuss. Now that URL redirects to the "Microsoft R Application Network"? Looks to be something related to Revolution R. What happened? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --Chris Ryan >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.