[R] Man pages for Linux distributions

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> On 17 Nov 1999 00:27:04 +0100, Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> said:

    PD> Bill Paterson <BAD305 at ukcc.uky.edu> writes:
    >> Given that R is being written under the GNU GPL, a corollary process
    >> would be sufficient documentation of R (in packaged distributions)
    >> that explains HOW-TO install, use, and extend R. An example of
    >> documentation that is extensive is Perl which has documentation
    >> under the MAN pages in Unix,Linux as well as in POD (Plain Old
    >> Documents) files.
    >> 
    >> The key to R advocacy is documentation. As documentation increases ,
    >> I think updates, new releases, and release freezes will be better
    >> and easier .

    PD> Aw c'mon! I'll gladly admit that there is a shortage of overview
    PD> type documents and tutorials, but you sound as if you haven't
    PD> noticed the 600 page document that comes out of "cd doc; make dvi".

Even just
 
     make dvi

and there will be something like

    make pdf

probably "real soon now" (thanks to pdflatex, hyperref and Prof. Brian Ripley..)

Martin
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