[R] R Documentation(s)

[Kjetil Kjernsmo]

On Wed, 3 May 2000, Ko-Kang Wang wrote:

>> S-plus, and to R after learning about it the week after. The reason I
>> mention this is the seemingly irrational urge many have to have drop-down
>> menus, even though the path to what you need is considerably longer than
>> just typing. If the compendium is able to show that the things you need
>> are not at all far away, and much more logical than drop-down menus, I
>> think many will be drawn towards R.
>>
>
>What exactly do you mean?  Do you mean R should be GUI (Graphical User Interface)?

Not at all! On the contrary (almost). If you show in the compendium how
easy it is to read your data from file, perform an lm() on command line,
they will realize that using lots and lots of drop down menus are simply
not rational. However, you have to guide them through everything, step by
step. (That being said, there are times where a GUI is not a bad thing,
take GIMP for example).

Best,

Kjetil
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