[R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: David Forrest
> 
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Mike Prager wrote:
> 
> ...
> > Using CLI software, an infrequent user has trouble 
> remembering the known
> > functions needed and trouble finding new ones (especially 
> as that user gets
> > older).  What might help is an added help facility more 
> oriented towards
> > tasks, rather than structured around functions or packages.
> ...
> 
> Another good (non-GUI) tool for the CLI is keyword 
> completion.  R in ESS
> does this, giving you lists of possible functions, variables 
> and objects,
> or feedback if there isn't any.  R's CLI completes, but only with
> filenames in the current directory.

That works only if R was compiled with readline.  Thus it doesn't work that
way on Windows, for example.  Completion still works on Windows under ESS
though.

Andy


 
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