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Hi all, When I install a new package, and don't yet know any function names, I have to play the "poor man's game" to get to the standard help system "Index" page for the package: Poor Man's Game -=20 Load new package;=20 issue search() command; find position (say N) of loaded package;=20 issue objects(pos =3D N) command; get name of a random function (san

On 04/08/2009 7:33 PM, Steven McKinney wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:03 AM >> To: Steven McKinney >> Cc: r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch; R-bugs at r-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Rd] Wishlist: Navigate to "Index" page of help when no >> topic

On 7/28/2009 6:30 PM, smckinney at bccrc.ca wrote: > Hi all, > > When I install a new package, and don't yet know any function names, > I have to play the "poor man's game" to get to the standard > help system "Index" page for the package: You could complain to the package author or maintainer, who should have created a help alias with the package name

> -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:03 AM > To: Steven McKinney > Cc: r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch; R-bugs at r-project.org > Subject: Re: [Rd] Wishlist: Navigate to "Index" page of help when no > topic specified (PR#13860) >=20 > On 7/28/2009 6:30 PM, smckinney at bccrc.ca

> -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:06 PM > To: Steven McKinney > Cc: 'r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch'; 'R-bugs at r-project.org' > Subject: Re: [Rd] Wishlist: Navigate to "Index" page of help when no > topic specified (PR#13860) >=20 > On 04/08/2009 7:33 PM,