I suspected it was partly due to the fact that ftable doesn't get much interest/isn't much used...
So thank you very much for answering, and for your time! >> Dear all, >> I haven't received any feedback so far on my proposal to make "justify" >> argument available in stats:::format.ftable >> >> Is this list the appropriate place for this kind of proposal? > > Yes, it is.. Actually such a post is even a "role model" post for R-devel. > >> I hope this follow-up to my message won't be taken as rude. Of course it's >> not meant to be, but I'm not used to the R mailing lists... > > well, there could be said much, and many stories told here ... ;-) > >> Thank you in advance for your comments, >> >> Best, >> Thomas > > The main reasons for "no reaction" (for such nice post) probably are > combination of the following > > - we are busy > - if we have time, we think other things are more exciting > - we have not used ftable much/at all and are not interested. > > Even though the first 2 apply to me, I'll have a 2nd look into your post now, > and may end up well agreeing with your proposal. > > Martin Maechler > ETH Zurich and R Core team > >>> Dear all, >>> >>> justify argument is hard coded in format.ftable: >>> >>> cbind(apply(LABS, 2L, format, justify = "left"), >>> apply(DATA, 2L, format, justify = "right")) >>> >>> It would be useful to have the possibility to modify the argument between >>> c("left", "right", "centre", "none") as in format.default. >>> >>> The lines could be changed to: >>> >>> if(length(justify) != 2) >>> stop("justify must be length 2") >>> cbind(apply(LABS, 2L, format, justify = justify[1]), >>> apply(DATA, 2L, format, justify = justify[2])) >>> >>> The argument justify could defaults to c("left", "right") for backward >>> compatibility. >>> >>> It could then allow: >>> ftab <- ftable(wool + tension ~ breaks, warpbreaks) >>> format.ftable(ftab, justify = c("none", "none")) >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Thomas ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel