Dear, My spelling correction was poorly phrased, since there are actually two p's in "apropos," but there aren't two adjacent p's.
I agree that a reference to apropos on the help page for help is a good idea. Regards, John -------------------------------- John Fox, Professor Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8S 4M4 905-525-9140x23604 http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox -------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Kiddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:57 PM > To: John Fox > Cc: 'Peter Dalgaard'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Rd] section needed in FAQ - Using R (PR#9698) > > > On May 21, 2007, at 5:59 AM, John Fox wrote: > > > Dear Peter and Ray, > > > > I think that Ray's problem finding apropos is that > "apropos" has one > > "p." > > Interestingly, help.search("appropos") (as suggested by > Peter) is able > > to accommodate the spelling error. > > > > Regards, > > John > > > > -------------------------------- > > John Fox, Professor > > Thanks for your information. I see I was spelling it wrong. > > Can I make the suggestion that if one does "help(help)", > which I tried, that the page should mention "apropos". > Perhaps in the "See Also" section. > > This was a mistake on my part, but documentation can be > helpful in response to user mistakes, rather than fragile. > > thanx - ray > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Dalgaard > >> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:15 AM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: [Rd] section needed in FAQ - Using R (PR#9698) > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> By the way, the R program itself is really badly in need of an > >>> "appropos()" to go alongside "help()". Perhaps "help()" can > >> be renamed > >>> to "hunt()" or "huntAndPeck()". > >>> > >>> > >> help.search("appropos") > >> > >> -- > >> O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade > 5, Entr.B > >> c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > >> (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: > >> (+45) 35327918 > >> ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: > >> (+45) 35327907 > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >> > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel