Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-05-01 Thread Abby Spurdle
It may be of some comfort to some readers, that I received emails from two moderators, telling me that I was I acknowledge that my initial email was a mistake. However, I need to note recent public comments from the author of the spatstat package: Your internet skills are pathetic. T

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-05-01 Thread Martin Maechler
> Rolf Turner > on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:42:46 +1200 writes: > On 30/04/20 12:28 am, Eric Leroy wrote: >> Dear all, I am sorry to see all the reactions I provoked from a >> newbie user. Anyway, thank you for the answer I think that the >> pcf3est function responds to my

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Rolf Turner
On 30/04/20 12:28 am, Eric Leroy wrote: Dear all, I am sorry to see all the reactions I provoked from a newbie user. Anyway, thank you for the answer I think that the pcf3est function responds to my question. Indeed the spatstat is a very impressive library and I am very grateful to the the d

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Ege Rubak
Hi Abby, Once again I must say your form of communication puzzles me. Do you believe it benefits the open source community to communicate like this? What about contacting the package maintainer in this way: "Hi, I was helping someone else using your package to estimate a pair correlation function

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Ege Rubak
Dear all, I see two issues here: 1. A new user has a hard time finding and using a specific function in spatstat. As package authors we are always interested in such reports and we then try to improve documentation, which is indeed a very important part of any software project. The package is **v

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Abby Spurdle
> suggests that the package isn't fit for CRAN, which I consider a > direct insult to Adrian and all the hard work he has done This is my last post on this subject. I just ran R check on the source package. After 40 minutes, R check wasn't complete. And I note the CRAN check results show the pac

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Abby Spurdle
NOTE CITATIONS USE BRIEF EXCERPTS > It's a complaint that no-one responded to your query within 24 hours. Correction, it wasn't my query. I was replying to someone else's query. > Finally, you cast doubt on whether the function pcf3est actually does > calculate... You've taken what I said out

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Adrian Baddeley
I am the main author of spatstat, and the author of the code and documentation for pcf3est. This is the first time in 25 years that I can remember anyone complaining about the documentation for the spatstat package. The available documentation for spatstat includes: - welcome

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-29 Thread Eric Leroy
Dear all, I am sorry to see all the reactions I provoked from a newbie user. Anyway, thank you for the answer I think that the pcf3est function responds to my question. Indeed the spatstat is a very impressive library and I am very grateful to the the developers. Best regards Eric LEROY Res

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-28 Thread Abby Spurdle
I should have noted that my comments weren't directed towards the main authors, but to all people listed in the description file, which is many, including some R core members. Also, overall, I'm impressed by the effort here. It's just I strongly feel that good documentation is crucial (especially

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-28 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Hackles down, Rolf... most documentation can benefit from the perspective of a new user. It would be helpful to link the mention of pp3 to the the pp3 function via hyperlink to help clarify what this argument is supposed to be. Abby, FWIW I tend to recommend reading the vignettes before trying t

Re: [R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points

2020-04-28 Thread Rolf Turner
On 29/04/20 10:07 am, Abby Spurdle wrote: I haven't attempted this. (Mainly because I'm not familiar with the theory surrounding it). However, I looked at the documentation for the spatstat package. There are are several functions prefixed with pcf, including one named pcf3est. According to i