[R] Man pages for Linux distributions

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Bill Paterson <BAD305 at ukcc.uky.edu> writes:

> Given that R is being written under the GNU GPL, a corollary process would
> be sufficient documentation of R (in  packaged distributions) that explains
> HOW-TO install, use, and extend R. An example of documentation that is
> extensive is Perl which has documentation under the MAN pages in Unix,Linux as
> well as in POD (Plain Old Documents) files.
> 
> The key to R advocacy is documentation. As documentation increases , I think
> updates, new releases, and release freezes will be better and easier .

Aw c'mon! I'll gladly admit that there	is a shortage of overview type
documents and tutorials, but you sound as if you haven't noticed the
600 page document that comes out of "cd doc; make dvi".

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