[Rd] suggestion for R >= 3.0: computer-readable CHANGELOG

[Christian Ritz]

Hi Duncan,

on a related note: It would be nice to have a function similar to tools::readNEWS() for
showing package-specific CHANGES/NEWS files (if available).


Something like:


"showNews" <- function(pkgname, filename = c("NEWS", "CHANGES"))
{
    filename <- match.arg(filename)

    file.show(paste(.libPaths(), pkgname, filename, sep = "/"),
    title = paste("Package information for", pkgname))
}


showNews("MASS")

showNews("multcomp", "CHANGES")
# requires 'multcomp' to be installed


Just an idea!

Christian