[Rd] Packages of snippets?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:34:54 -0400, "Roger D. Peng" <rpeng at jhsph.edu>
wrote:

>Duncan, I very much like your idea of a RNews/JSS "package" which 
>would contain code snippets from different contributors.  In 
>fact, I would be willing to maintain such a package if it came 
>into existence.  One note (I'm not sure if this is a flaw, 
>strictly speaking), the package would only be able to cover 
>functions.  So general "tips", for example those covered on the 
>Rtips webpage (http://www.ku.edu/~pauljohn/R/Rtips.html), would 
>not be able to make their way into the package.

I'm not so sure about that.  Packages have a variety of mechanisms for
including demos, vignettes, and other documentation.  It would just
require working out a way to present the stuff so that people could
find what they need.

Duncan Murdoch