[R] Re: [Hmisc] proposal for change in latex.summary.formula.reverse

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Patrick Drechsler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> well, it wasn't a Sweave problem after all. Seems to have
> something to do with the function
> `latex.summary.formula.reverse' in the package Hmisc.
> 
> Following change seems to help (at least for my purpose):
> 
> --8<------------------------schnipp------------------------->8---
> *** /usr/local/lib/R/library/Hmisc/R/Hmisc	2004-09-28 07:37:26.000000000 +0200
> --- /usr/local/lib/R/library/Hmisc/R/Hmisc.original	2004-09-28 07:38:28.000000000 +0200
> ***************
> *** 16156,16162 ****
>                         'Numbers after percents are frequencies.',
>                         sep="\n")
>         if(length(testUsed))
> !         legend <-paste(legend,'\n\n',
>                          if(length(testUsed)==1)'Test used:' else 'Tests used:',
>                          if(length(testUsed)==1) paste(testUsed,'test') else
>                          paste(paste('$^{',1:length(testUsed),'}$',testUsed,
> --- 16156,16162 ----
>                         'Numbers after percents are frequencies.',
>                         sep="\n")
>         if(length(testUsed))
> !         legend <-paste(legend,'\\\\\n','\n\n',
>                          if(length(testUsed)==1)'Test used:' else 'Tests used:',
>                          if(length(testUsed)==1) paste(testUsed,'test') else
>                          paste(paste('$^{',1:length(testUsed),'}$',testUsed,
> --8<------------------------schnapp------------------------->8---
> 
> But since my knowledge of R is rather small I have no idea if
> these has any other drawbacks.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> How would I go about changing this for my setup only? Is
> renaming Hmisc to something like pdHmisc ok?

That's not the way to go.  It's best to contact the package maintainer 
(e.g., me) with a request.  I did not save your first message as it did 
not refer to Hmisc or latex.* so if you can send it to me, state the 
problem, and show me the exact portions of commands you are suggesting 
to change, I'll try to incorporate into the master file.

Frank Harrell

> 
> Patrick


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