[Rd] task view errors

[Achim Zeileis]

Paul,

ctv is a contributed package...

> I am getting several errors about Windows only packages when I use
> task views.  Is this suppose to be a Windows-centric utility?

No.
I'll see whether there is an easy way to keep install.views() from
installing Windows-only packages on non-Windows machines.

> Also, I am sure there must be a simple way to tell which packages are
> in a view, but I haven't found it.

e.g., via:
  R> x <- available.views()
  R> x[[1]]$packagelist

Best,
Z