[R] Documentation General Comments

[Beck, Kenneth (STP)]

I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
A good through description of basic variable types would help a lot,
e.g. the difference between lists, arrays, matrices and frames. And, it
appears there is some object-orientation to R, but it is not complete. I
can't, for instance find a "metafile" method for a "recordedplot" type,
using either the variable direclty or the replayPlot() method. I am
sorry to post this, but I am really having trouble sorting out certain
methods in "R". The basic tutorial "Introduction to R" is so basic, it
hardly helps at all, then digging through documentation is really an
exercise in frustration. The SimpleR is also so basic it is of little
help other than to just get started. I occasionally find answers in the
mailing list. See my later post on recordPlot for a good example.