R help - Oct 2016 - Adjusting axis labels on lattice xyplot

On 16/10/16 11:28, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>>> So typing ?xyplot at the console doesn't bring up a help page?
That
>>> would
>>> imply that you need to reinstall R.
>
>>  Will rebuild and re-install tomorrow morning.
>
>   Sigh. User error. I entered the string as a function, e.g., ?xyplot()
> rather than by its name.
>
>   When entered correctly the help page appears.
>
> Apologies.
Just out of interest, I tried typing "?xyplot()" and it worked just as
if I'd typed "?xyplot" (without the parentheses).

So I am puzzled as to why this didn't work for you (despite your --- 
very mild! --- user error).  Presumably you are running (yeuccch) 
Windoze, whereas I (being a Sensible Person) am running Ubuntu Linux.
Could this make a difference?

cheers,

Rolf

-- 
Technical Editor ANZJS
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276

> On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:
> 
> On 16/10/16 11:28, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> 
>>>> So typing ?xyplot at the console doesn't bring up a help
page? That
>>>> would
>>>> imply that you need to reinstall R.
>> 
>>> Will rebuild and re-install tomorrow morning.
>> 
>>  Sigh. User error. I entered the string as a function, e.g., ?xyplot()
>> rather than by its name.
>> 
>>  When entered correctly the help page appears.
>> 
>> Apologies.
> 
> Just out of interest, I tried typing "?xyplot()" and it worked
just as if I'd typed "?xyplot" (without the parentheses).
> 
> So I am puzzled as to why this didn't work for you (despite your ---
very mild! --- user error).  Presumably you are running (yeuccch) Windoze,
whereas I (being a Sensible Person) am running Ubuntu Linux.
> Could this make a difference?
I am not the one to answer the windoze question but my Mac (being less sensible
than Rolf) also pops up a help window when queried with ?xyplot()

Best;
David.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rolf
> 
> -- 
> Technical Editor ANZJS
> Department of Statistics
> University of Auckland
> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> 
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Rolf Turner wrote:
> Presumably you are running (yeuccch) Windoze,
Rolf,

   Not since mid-1997. Slackware-14.1 on this host.

Rich

On Sat, 15 Oct 2016, David Winsemius wrote:
> I am not the one to answer the windoze question but my Mac (being less
> sensible than Rolf) also pops up a help window when queried with ?xyplot()
David,

   Well, on my Slackware system writing in emacs with ESS ?read.csv()
produces the error message that there's no documentation for that, while
?read.csv brings up the help page.

Shrug,

Rich