Re: [Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-18 Thread greg . kochanski
Well, you make two very strong assumptions. First, that your readers start in the beginning and read to the end. Second, that your readers are sufficiently dedicated to learn your terminology. The first is false: I got to that page via Google. The second is only true in varying degrees, and I wo

Re: [Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-18 Thread Greg Kochanski
Well, you make two very strong assumptions. First, that your readers start in the beginning and read to the end. Second, that your readers are sufficiently dedicated to learn your terminology. The first is false: I got to that page via Google. The second is only true in varying degrees, and I wo

Re: [Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-18 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
Greg Kochanski wrote: > Well, I don't know how it can be precise > and correct when it has dangling antecedents. > Gramatically speaking, that's the equivalent of > an uninitialized pointer. I don't think there is anything "dangling" there. What the paragraph assumes (and quite patently wrongly)

Re: [Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-17 Thread Greg Kochanski
Well, I don't know how it can be precise and correct when it has dangling antecedents. Gramatically speaking, that's the equivalent of an uninitialized pointer. However, I agree with you that it probably just needs a minor bit of fiddling to make sure it answers "Instead of what?" and "Earlier tha

Re: [Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-17 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Greg Kochanski > Version: 2.2.0 > OS: Debian Linux i686 > Submission from: (NULL) (212.159.16.190) > > > In /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-data.html (at least that's where > it is on Debian...) the documentation is unclear. Comments below. The document

[Rd] Section 7.1 HML documentation (PR#8484)

2006-01-14 Thread greg . kochanski
Full_Name: Greg Kochanski Version: 2.2.0 OS: Debian Linux i686 Submission from: (NULL) (212.159.16.190) In /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-data.html (at least that's where it is on Debian...) the documentation is unclear. Comments below. The paragraph has unclear references, and I have no