[R] editing in R

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Matthew Wiener <mcw at ln.nimh.nih.gov> writes:

> Hi.
> 
> I'm having a problem with disappearing comments when I transfer files
> (entire .RData files) from one machine to another, and I'm not sure
> whether it's an R problem or an ESS problem.  Since ESS seems more likely,
> I'm trying this list first.  

...he says and sends to both ess-help and r-help!

(However, it seems to me this problem only

> Functions originally shows up fine -- if I type the name of a
> function at a prompt, the comments are there, and the "source" attribute
> of the function has the comments as well. But if I use control-c control-d
> to edit the function, the source shows up without the comments.  And of
> course once I load that version, the comments are gone.  The "keep.source"
> option is set correctly in R.

This because C-c C-d is using dump() which ignores the stored source.
This should probably be changed.

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