[R-SIG-Mac] finding things in R manuals

[Simon Urbanek]

On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Ruth Ripley wrote:

> Many thanks, Simon. Also to the other respondents for their suggestions.
> 
> The link for the nightly builds will also be useful, once I have found out which manual I need by searching the pdf's.
> 

Sure, you're welcome.

While I'm thinking about this, I have also added the nightly PDF manuals to the webpage as well as the Mac FAQ (in html).

Best,
Simon


> 
> On 03/02/2012 14:33, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>> On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Ruth Ripley wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear list,
>>> 
>>> Would it be possible to include the pdf versions of the R manuals in the CRAN mac R install? I find them easier to global search than html ones. (I am used to having them on Windows.)
>>> 
>> 
>> Since we are in the phase of adding things to the distribution anyway it is certainly trivial to add the pdf manuals so I shall do that.
>> 
>> Personally, I prefer nightly builds of the R-devel manuals in html, so I use http://r.research.att.com/man/
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Simon
>> 
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