[R] Odp: R forum

[Spencer Graves]

  Also:


       1.  Have you used "help.start()"?  This opens a display in a 
browser with links to the available manuals.


       2.  There are multiple mailing lists and multiple search engines 
listed in "www.r-project.org".


       3.  Have you subscribed?  I had the impression that moderator 
approval was only required for questions from non-subscribers.


       4.  The "sos" package available from CRAN searches all the help 
pages in contributed packages and returns the results as a data.frame of 
class "findFn", with powerful union, intersection, subsetting, and 
summary functions.  The default "print" method displays the results in a 
table in a web browser displaying first all the matches in the package 
with the most matches, with hot links to the selected manual pages.  I'm 
the lead author of the package, and I developed it to help me quickly 
find all the help pages and packages with apparent connections to a 
particular search strategy.  The package also includes a vignette to 
make it easier to learn.


       5.  Have you tried "help.search"?  I rarely use it, because it 
searches only installed packages and has been quite slow in my 
experience.  However, it is much faster than posting a question to r-help.


       Hope this helps.
       Spencer Graves


On 7/22/2010 12:39 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> Hi
>
> r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 22.07.2010 05:58:54:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are there any other forums on R where I can get quick responses to my
>> questions? I've lot of questions as I am learning the basics and
> exploring
>> advanced computational functions and it is tough to wait for moderator
>> approval then a reply to each of those questions.
> Quickest way is to use help pages, R intro and other docs presumably
> installed in your computer and CRAN search facilities together with some
> contributed documentation.
>
> Regards
> Petr
>
>
>> thanks!
>> Samit
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