Having finally updated from R 1.91 to R 2.2.0 with my installation of a
new computer, I discovered that something has changed drastically about
the way code for contributed packages is stored when installed in a local
version of R. In the 1.* versions it was easy for me to go in and modify
some of the code for a contributed package by using a text editor to
change the script files (these were the files usually stored under the
package name\R folder). Now under R 2.2 when I look at the same location
(package name\R folder) there are 3 files, one with no extension, one with
.rdb extension, and one with a .rdx extension and none of these seem to be
text files that can be easily edited (at least not as I did before). Now
I know I can edit a specific function after I've loaded a package into a
specific workspace, but I would like to edit the contributed package so
that anytime I load it the changes I've made are implemented. While I'm
not generally in the habit of modifying other peoples code, when I find a
problem that I know how to fix, I'ld like to fix it - once. I suspect I'm
missing something pretty obvious about how to edit these but my search of
the online documentation, etc. didn't suggest any simple approach like I
use to do. Any help would be welcome.
Brian
Brian S. Cade
U. S. Geological Survey
Fort Collins Science Center
2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8818
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: 970 226-9326
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