[R] How to know if a bug was recognised

[Heinz Tuechler]

Dear Henrik Bengtsson!

Thank you for your kind answer. I am sorry that at the time of writing my
inital message the last version of R was 2004-11-15. As soon as possible I
will try the new version.

with many thanks

Heinz Tüchler


At 14:01 30.11.2004 +0100, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Heinz Tuechler
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:25 PM
>> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Subject: [R] How to know if a bug was recognised
>> 
>> 
>> Hello!
>> 
>> A problem with special characters seemed to me to be a bug. I 
>> sent a mail to R-windows at r-project.org concerning the problem 
>> (see below). How can I find out, if this is considered as a 
>> bug or an error of myself? Which part of FAQs or 
>> documentation did I miss to find the answer?
>
>This will not answer your question on what is a bug or not, but if you don't
>know, the "R team" has kindly made a fix for this problem. What I remember
>from an earlier thread, this was not really due to R, but to Windows. For
>the latest R v2.0.1 patch it now seems to work as before/expected:
>
>R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>Version 2.0.1 Patched (2004-11-27), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
>> "Ã¥"
>[1] "Ã¥"
>> "ä"
>[1] "ä"
>> "ö"
>[1] "ö"
>
>Cheers
>
>Henrik Bengtsson
>
>
>> thanks in advance
>> 
>> Heinz Tüchler
>> 
>> -------------------- copy of abovementioned mail ----------
>> to: R-windows at r-project.org
>> subject: problem with special characters (ä,ö,ü)
>> Dear Developers!
>> 
>> Using special characters I found a strange behaviour in R 
>> 2.0.1 and equally in 
>> R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical 
>> Computing Version 2.0.1  (2004-11-15), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>> 
>> Operating System: Windows 98SE
>> 
>> example: 
>> factor1<-as.factor(c("weiblich","männlich","österreichisch","f
>> rühreif","Gruß
>> "))
>> factor1
>> > factor1
>> [1] weiblich           m\344nnlich        \366sterreichisch  
>> fr\374hreif
>>    
>> [5] Gru\337           
>> Levels: frühreif Gruß männlich österreichisch weiblich
>> 
>> with best wishes
>> 
>> Heinz Tüchler
>> 
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