[ESS] library(help=foo)

[David Scott]

On 27/08/2012 3:54 p.m., cberry at tajo.ucsd.edu wrote:
> Sam Steingold<sds at gnu.org>  writes:
>
>>> * Richard M. Heiberger<ezu at grzcyr.rqh>  [2012-08-24 22:37:30 -0400]:
>>>
>>> this will parallel ess-display-vignettes and open a set of links to the
>> I have always been wondering what `vignettes' have to do with R...
>
>
> Type 'v' and see!
>
> If you have ESS installed and run R under emacs...
>
> Start emacs, then
>
> M-x R RET C-v C-v vignette RET v

Better make that

M-x R RET C-c C-v vignette RET v

I think

David Scott

>
> then click on one or more of the links.
>
> ==========
>
>
> > From Writing R Extensions, 1.4 Writing package vignettes
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> "... PDF documents with sources in Sweave format ... we call package vignettes."
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> ==========
>
> > From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignette_%28literature%29
>
> "a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that ...  a trenchant
>   impression about a character, idea, setting, or object."
>
> I like that. And some package vignettes do give trenchant impressions.
>
> Chuck
>

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