[R] Finding R mailing list archives {was "Wikis etc."}

[Vitor Chagas]

First of all, Happy New Year to all.

Don't know if the following can be done, its just an
idea:

- A new link in R HTML Help pointing to a searchable
mailing list archive

- the Set CRAN mirror option in R could produce a
small file with the appropriate URL for the link.


Best regards,

Vitor Chagas
actuary
Portugal


--- Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
wrote:

> >>>>> "John" == John Sorkin
> <jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu>
> >>>>>     on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:05:01 -0500 writes:
> 
>     John> Jon, Thank you for the terse form of the
> URL. I hope
>     John> the mailing list will automatically
> include it in
>     John> there Email messages.  John
> 
> well, it *already* contains 
> 
> > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help 
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide!
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
> where the first URL is **the** R-help page, and has
> itself links
> to more than one archive of the mailing list,
> and the 2nd URL (posting guide) also explains many
> things
> (including the mailing list page and archives).
> 
> I really wonder if adding yet another URL to the
> footer of every
> message will be the solution; as others have
> correctly remarked,
> the problem is that for many newbies it is more
> convenient to ask
> rather than to first read something that contains
> more than three
> words. ;-)
> 
> Well, then, maybe for some people, an extra line
> with another link
> ("click click" instead of reading) might be the
> solution...
> 
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich, (your mailing list
> maintainer)
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 


Vitor Chagas
Actuary
Portugal