>>>>> McGehee, Robert writes: > I was recently browsing through CRAN's Finance task view to remind > myself of the publicly available packages relevant to my work. As the > reference manuals are all online, I am able to flip through the > available functions to get an idea of the package's scope before > downloading.
> That said, many authors have taken the time to additionally provide a > useful vignette which provides a better overview to complicated > packages. However, as far as I can tell, the only way to read or even > know if a package has a vignette is to first download and unpack the > package source, which is inconvenient when one wants to understand a > package _before_ installing. > Perhaps an easy way to make vignettes more accessible to the end user > would be to link the vignette PDF directly to the download page so > that one could download it just as one can download the reference > manual or package source. This both publicizes the vignette (since > many users may even be unaware that a package has a vignette) and > facilitates browsing. Yes, that would be very useful. Will have a look, but this looks like something for the summer break. Best -k ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel