[R] General Question re R vs S-Plus

[Jonathan Q.]

thanks, that does the trick

On 08 May 2005 10:11:47 +0200, Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com> writes:
> 
> > > My preference is to learn the language and the windows interface
> > > doesn't really do the trick.  My question is, if one uses the windows
> > > interface for some functions, is there a way to see what the
> > > equivalent code would be?  I have checked the manuals, help etc and
> > > can't seem to find a way.
> >
> > That sounds more like a question for S-news than R-help...  In any case, my
> > impression is that commands linked to the S-PLUS GUI menus and buttons are
> > functions written for that.  You're not likely to learn much that will carry
> > over to R.
> 
> As I recall, the Splus GUI functions are (mostly?) written in S, so
> you could study the source code. However, it might be a better idea to
> fire up John Fox's Rcmdr package and try things similar to what you'd
> do in Splus. Rcmdr makes a point of showing the code as it goes along.
> 
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