[R] ?grid::grid-package doesn't find the grid-package help page

[William Sones]

Wow! I've never come across this approach before. This will keep me reading for a good few days. 

Thanks Duncan!

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com] 
Sent: 18 March 2019 19:45
To: Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>; r-help using r-project.org; William Sones <william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [R] ?grid::grid-package doesn't find the grid-package help page

On 18/03/2019 1:00 p.m., Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> Try
> 
> ?grid::`grid-package`
> 
> The "-" is not a legal character in a bare symbol.

Or

package?grid::grid

which makes use of the rarely used "type" argument to "?".

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> On March 18, 2019 9:35:17 AM PDT, William Sones <william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've entered the command "?grid::grid-package" on two computers over 
>> here and they both direct me to the Arithmetic {base} site 
>> (http://127.0.0.1:30753/library/base/html/Arithmetic.html).
>>
>> Shouldn't this command direct me to the grid-package {grid} site 
>> (something like 
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/grid/html/grid-package.html)?
>>
>> This has been performed on R versions 3.5.2 and 3.5.3 (Windows).
>>
>> I couldn't find mention of this in Bugzilla, so thought it best to 
>> confirm whether this warrants documentation as a bug, or whether 
>> alternative methods are preferred for addressing similar (minor) 
>> issues.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Will
>>
>> William Sones
>> Medical Statistician
>>
>> Email:
>> william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk<mailto:william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk>
>> Tel: 01865 227887
>>
>> Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit
>> Botnar Research Centre
>> Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal 
>> Sciences University of Oxford Windmill Road Oxford, OX3 7LD
>>
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