[R-SIG-Mac] vignettes

[Simon Urbanek]

Denis,

On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Denis Chabot wrote:

> I find it very useful to read vignettes when they exist, but somehow
> they do not get installed when I install binaries through R app. For
> instance, today I installed gsubfn and talked with its author, Gabor.
> He told me to consult the vignette, which I did not know existed.
> Gabor told me that on Windows, any vignette existing for a package
> gets downloaded when you install the package. Would it be possible for
> R app to do the same? I think it would be very useful.
>

vignettes are installed along with packages (if they exist) as they  
are part of the package. I'm not sure where you are missing the  
vignette, but I get:

 > vignettes()
[...]
Vignettes in package ‘gsubfn’:

gsubfn                  gsubfn: Utilities for Strings and for Function
                         Arguments. (source, pdf)
[...]

(and it is also available via Help->Vignettes)

Cheers,
Simon