(Fwd) [R] Web On line help and manual

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "BDR" == Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

    BDR> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Charles Raux wrote:
    >> Sorry my question was *not* about getting the html help pages on *my*
    >> computer with R installed but to indicate to (distant) colleagues (and
    >> anyone interested) a *web* online help describing the richness of R with
    >> all the contributed packages and not only the base package. Also
    >> something that is not the 850 pages of Reference Index. Does that exist?

    BDR> Is what is in the FAQ not enough?  That is the only list I know of
    BDR> which precises the contributed packages.

You mean the same as
  <CRAN>/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html
e.g.  http://stat.ethz.ch/CRAN/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html
?
I think this must be what Charles is looking for.
(it still has links to the extensive reference manuals if desired).


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    >> Expéditeur:      	"Charles Raux" <Charles.Raux at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
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    >> Date d'envoi:    	Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:43:06 +0100
    >> Objet:           	[R] Web On line help and manual
    >> 
    >> I am searching an online manual describing the functions and packages of
    >> R, to indicate  the url to colleagues who might be interested in R, instead
    >> of crawling through the  "Package sources" page. I have found deep down
    >> the FAQ the address    {HYPERLINK
    >> "http://stat.ethz.ch/R/manual/"}http://stat.ethz.ch/R/manual/ but there is
    >> only the base package. Is there anything else I  missed? Wouldn't it be an
    >> idea to have such an extensive online manual?
    >> Thank you
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    >> Charles RAUX,
    >> Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
    >> CNRS-Université Lumière Lyon 2-ENTPE
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