Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-11 Thread Dr Heather Turner
Okay, here's the update. I've created a new function create.post() (with Windows and Unix versions) which would be the internal function that creates the post template ready to edit and optionally send. In the Windows version I've added an experimental method == mailto option, which will open

Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-11 Thread Martin Maechler
HT == Heather Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:50:49 +0100 writes: HT Okay, here's the update. HT I've created a new function create.post() (with Windows and Unix HT versions) which would be the internal function that creates the post HT template ready to

Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-09 Thread Dr Heather Turner
Whilst it is a good idea to improve the posting guide, it seems to me that it would be useful to have a function along the lines of bug.report(), to help a potential questioner make sure they have done their homework and have the relevant information to put into a post to R-help. Even those

Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-09 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
That's an excellent idea. One other item that could be checkable would be if the user has the most recent versions of the packages involved in the query.Perhaps it could display the unupdated packages and ask the user if any of those are involved in the query. Probably needs to give fair

Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-09 Thread Dr Heather Turner
Thanks for the helpful tips and suggestions, I'll work them in. You get local versions of the documents on Unix too - RShowDoc() will do the trick. I'll post an updated version in due course, Heather Gabor Grothendieck wrote: That's an excellent idea. One other item that could be checkable

Re: [Rd] Posting Guide - help.request() function?

2008-06-09 Thread Martin Maechler
HT == Heather Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:21:17 +0100 writes: HT Thanks for the helpful tips and suggestions, I'll work HT them in. You get local versions of the documents on Unix HT too - RShowDoc() will do the trick. HT I'll post an updated version in