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  • Calls of the form data(package = pkg) inside a function incorrectly fail ("pkg" is a local variable). For instance, foo <- function(pkg) data(package = pkg) foo("base") Error in ...
    David JamesDavid James
    Oct 16, 2003 at 8:09 pm
    Oct 17, 2003 at 6:31 pm
  • Full_Name: Ian Wilson Version: R-1.8.0 OS: Windows (but own compilation) Submission from: (NULL) (139.133.7.38) the p-value is incorrect for cor.test using method "spearman" in R-1.8.0. This was not ...
    I WilsonI Wilson
    Oct 22, 2003 at 12:11 pm
    Oct 23, 2003 at 2:05 pm
  • Dear r-bugs, When I create EPS files, they sometimes appear rotated in my LaTeX PDF document and sometimes they don't. Two examples: ## x1.eps is not rotated in LaTeX x <- seq(-1, 1, length0) ...
    ArnimaArnima
    Oct 8, 2003 at 5:00 am
    Oct 8, 2003 at 2:19 pm
  • I have encountered an issue while preparing some of the Bioconductor packages for our upcoming release, and Duncan Murdoch suggested that I bring one of the related points up here. The background is ...
    Jeff GentryJeff Gentry
    Oct 23, 2003 at 5:23 pm
    Oct 24, 2003 at 4:07 pm
  • Full_Name: J . R. M. Hosking Version: 1.8.0 OS: Windows 2000 Submission from: (NULL) (129.34.20.23) On R 1.8.0 (and on R 1.5.1), Windows binary: [,1] [1,] 0 This is surprising. Is it a bug? Note that ...
    HoskingHosking
    Oct 14, 2003 at 9:43 pm
    Oct 15, 2003 at 2:00 pm
  • Graham, Confirmed. I will pass that along to the R team. As 1.8.0 is in code freeze, this may not get addressed, unfortunately. Regards, Dirk -- Those are my principles, and if you don't like ...
    EddEdd
    Oct 3, 2003 at 2:16 pm
    Oct 4, 2003 at 3:56 pm
  • NEWS for R 1.8.0 has and this has already caused grief here (actually it has several days ago, when I switched our users to R-1.8.0beta BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL ANY R DEVELOPER ) for a user who does use ...
    Martin MaechlerMartin Maechler
    Oct 10, 2003 at 12:25 pm
    Oct 14, 2003 at 6:15 pm
  • Function in the base library of R 1.8.0 seems to use a search path with base coming before the local environment. I think this is intentional and is related to base being a namespace. function (x) ...
    Saikat DebRoySaikat DebRoy
    Oct 9, 2003 at 12:41 pm
    Oct 11, 2003 at 5:02 am
  • I am trying to build the XML package on MacOS. I am using the fink installation of libxml-1.8.17. The configuration information is: Configuration information: Libxml settings libxml include ...
    Sean DavisSean Davis
    Oct 9, 2003 at 11:22 am
    Oct 9, 2003 at 4:53 pm
  • MinGW 3.1.0-1 is currently the latest official MinGW release, therefore I tried to compile the latest R beta (rsync today). There is one minor problem when trying that: gcc -O2 -Wall -pedantic ...
    Simon UrbanekSimon Urbanek
    Oct 3, 2003 at 7:07 pm
    Oct 5, 2003 at 1:05 am
  • I'd like to propose adding "strict" versions of the subsetting operators "[", "[[", and "$" to the R language. These strict versions would be intended for use in programming rather than in ...
    Tony PlateTony Plate
    Oct 28, 2003 at 5:48 am
    Oct 28, 2003 at 8:26 pm
  • A couple of weeks back there was some discussion about documenting the regular expressions as used in R. Several years ago the problem was that this was OS-dependent, and to plug that problem we ...
    Prof Brian RipleyProf Brian Ripley
    Oct 24, 2003 at 8:45 am
    Oct 25, 2003 at 10:56 am
  • Full_Name: Eiji Nakama Version: R-1.8.0 OS: linux(VineLinux) Submission from: (NULL) (219.117.236.13) I build by Tcl8.0.5 and R-1.8.0. Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) ...
    NakamaNakama
    Oct 21, 2003 at 6:28 am
    Oct 23, 2003 at 9:40 am
  • To whom it may concern, I get the following message when I run my function: Warning message: multi-argument returns are deprecated in: return(call.fn, repl, time, from, to, last.year, occup.m, ...
    Tord SnallTord Snall
    Oct 20, 2003 at 6:49 pm
    Oct 21, 2003 at 11:48 am
  • Error in options(x) : evaluation is nested too deeply: infinite recursion? --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu arch = i686 os = linux-gnu system = i686, ...
    SaikatSaikat
    Oct 13, 2003 at 6:15 pm
    Oct 15, 2003 at 10:28 pm
  • I have just diligently upgraded my R installation for Windows XP Pro to 1.8.0. As an ESS user and R package builder, part of this upgrade process for me always involves editing the PATH environment ...
    Chris JacksonChris Jackson
    Oct 10, 2003 at 12:50 pm
    Oct 10, 2003 at 3:59 pm
  • I don't think that's right: that would set up an S3 group generic Complex, and there is no such thing. That's not how S4 group generics are implemented, according to ?Complex. -- Brian D. Ripley, ...
    Prof Brian RipleyProf Brian Ripley
    Oct 9, 2003 at 6:46 pm
    Oct 10, 2003 at 9:41 am
  • I am having an unusual difficulty with R 1.8.0 on Mandrake 9.1 running a problem that takes a large amount of memory. With R 1.7.1 this ran on the machine I am using (barely), but now takes more ...
    Paul GilbertPaul Gilbert
    Oct 9, 2003 at 12:05 pm
    Oct 9, 2003 at 5:49 pm
  • While playing around with panther I discovered (with surprise) that tcltk seems to work (even if not smoothly) with RAqua without first calling tkStartGUI. I switched back to 10.2.6 and it works as ...
    Stefano IacusStefano Iacus
    Oct 30, 2003 at 12:14 pm
    Oct 30, 2003 at 11:16 pm
  • Full_Name: Yongchao Ge Version: 1.8 OS: Windows XP profesional Submission from: (NULL) (146.203.2.152) The R installation is fine on Windows XP, but when I started to open the R program, then it pops ...
    Yongchao GeYongchao Ge
    Oct 29, 2003 at 6:33 am
    Oct 30, 2003 at 5:00 am
  • Hi, I am trying to configure R-1.8.0-patched (fresh rsync) for machines with the tcltk files in unorthodox locations. I specified a TCLTK_CPPFLAGS='/usr/freeware/include/' in the file config.site but ...
    Laurent GautierLaurent Gautier
    Oct 27, 2003 at 12:53 pm
    Oct 28, 2003 at 7:35 pm
  • This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_000_01C39C9F.B5DABBD0 Content-Type ...
    L T KellL T Kell
    Oct 27, 2003 at 4:37 pm
    Oct 27, 2003 at 9:35 pm
  • Full_Name: Jerome Asselin Version: 1.8.0 OS: RedHat Linux 7.2 Submission from: (NULL) (142.103.177.13) I would not expect a segmentation fault; perhaps an error message. Segmentation fault This is ...
    JeromeJerome
    Oct 24, 2003 at 11:29 pm
    Oct 27, 2003 at 6:27 pm
  • In R-patched_2003-10-20, subsetted 1-D arrays no longer get converted to vectors. The NEWS file documents this change, as an indirect result of bug report 4110. I just wanted to mention this can ...
    David BrahmDavid Brahm
    Oct 22, 2003 at 12:24 am
    Oct 22, 2003 at 5:13 pm
  • Full_Name: Fernando Henrique Ferraz Pereira da Rosa Version: 1.8.0 OS: Linux 2.4.21 Submission from: (NULL) (200.206.211.169) After installing R 1.8.0, the R DBI interface stopped working. I tracked ...
    FeferrazFeferraz
    Oct 11, 2003 at 8:20 am
    Oct 12, 2003 at 8:36 pm
  • That's an obselete and broken compiler, and the R-admin manual says @command{gcc} 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 generate incorrect code on 32-bit Solaris builds with optimization, but versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.3 and ...
    Prof Brian RipleyProf Brian Ripley
    Oct 9, 2003 at 8:31 pm
    Oct 9, 2003 at 8:31 pm
  • Full_Name: Andrew Zachary Version: 1.7.1 OS: XP Pro Submission from: (NULL) (24.44.128.138) The R-console window in the Windows GUI has a nice feature that lets you save your preferences for font ...
    Andrew_zacharyAndrew_zachary
    Oct 1, 2003 at 10:24 pm
    Oct 7, 2003 at 12:59 pm
  • RTFM. Specifically, ?text says it accept the argument "xpd". To see how to use it, see ?par. Also see R FAQ Q9.1. This is utterly unreasonable, IMHO. Try asking any commercial software vendor to keep ...
    Liaw, AndyLiaw, Andy
    Oct 4, 2003 at 12:36 am
    Oct 4, 2003 at 11:29 am
  • Hi, I was looking for a Windows-specific R function to focus the console window and couldn't find one. The motivation is that after loading the tcltk package, the "main" Tk window "." is presumably ...
    James WettenhallJames Wettenhall
    Oct 22, 2003 at 11:15 am
    Nov 3, 2003 at 1:44 am
  • # Your mailer is set to "none" (default on Windows), # hence we cannot send the bug report directly from R. # Please copy the bug report (after finishing it) to # your favorite email program and send ...
    S ContiS Conti
    Oct 31, 2003 at 2:49 pm
    Oct 31, 2003 at 3:43 pm
  • Hi, The following seems to be a bug introduced with version 1.8.0 (it worked without error on my installation of version 1.7.0): "%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S") Error in "[[<-.data.frame"(`*tmp*`, "time", value ...
    JrogersJrogers
    Oct 27, 2003 at 6:44 pm
    Oct 27, 2003 at 8:34 pm
  • I encountered several strange issues when linking to R.dll on Windows and I wonder if anyone of the Windows savvy-folks here had seen some of the issues before and have some explanation. My Rserve ...
    Simon UrbanekSimon Urbanek
    Oct 23, 2003 at 2:20 pm
    Oct 24, 2003 at 1:01 am
  • Hello. I'm looking for documentation about the graphic device model in R. I would understand it in the details, but it seems a bit complex :) Thanks for any documents which will help me. Laurent
    L BizeL Bize
    Oct 23, 2003 at 7:22 pm
    Oct 23, 2003 at 11:03 pm
  • Dear Sir/Madam First, I should tell that I'm using virtual PC "w2k" in a mac osx 10.2. The problem: I recently downloaded the windows version 1.8.0. I found the following problem with the instruction ...
    LbaguaLbagua
    Oct 21, 2003 at 7:24 pm
    Oct 21, 2003 at 10:58 pm
  • Full_Name: Elie Saliba Version: 1.8.0 OS: Solaris 9 Submission from: (NULL) (152.15.81.169) Hello, We just compiled R 1.8.0 using gcc 3.2.2 (32 bit) without any error messages but then when we try to ...
    EhsalibaEhsaliba
    Oct 17, 2003 at 3:40 pm
    Oct 17, 2003 at 4:04 pm
  • I've updated my scripting patches to R-1.8.0. These patches allow you to write shell scripts in R (at least on *nix systems) by putting #!/path/to/R.bin --script on the first line of the script ...
    Neil McKayNeil McKay
    Oct 16, 2003 at 8:30 pm
    Oct 16, 2003 at 11:04 pm
  • ...unless its me missing something... 12: initialize(value, ...) 11: initialize(value, ...) 10: new("ObjectsWithPackage", value, package = pkg) 9: metaNameUndo(unique(these), prefix = "M", searchForm ...
    Laurent GautierLaurent Gautier
    Oct 15, 2003 at 8:00 am
    Oct 15, 2003 at 9:34 am
  • Let me firstly thank the R Core Team for their tremendous efforts in providing R 1.8.0. My following comment should therefore be understood as an "fyi-only". I source compiled R 1.8.0 for windows ...
    Pfaff, BernhardPfaff, Bernhard
    Oct 10, 2003 at 12:09 pm
    Oct 10, 2003 at 1:35 pm
  • in 1.9 for windows, contrib.url(getOption("CRAN")) names a non-existent resource; the contrib/1.9 directory needs to be made and populated on CRAN this happened for 1.8 also. i know it's early, just ...
    Vincent CareyVincent Carey
    Oct 10, 2003 at 1:06 am
    Oct 10, 2003 at 8:46 am
  • Full_Name: SungGON Yi. Version: 1.7.1 OS: Windows 2000 pro Submission from: (NULL) (147.46.24.107) p <- runif(4) rmultinom(1, 100, c(p, 0, 0, 0, 0)) That result are a wrong. For example, [,1] [1,] 21 ...
    SkonSkon
    Oct 6, 2003 at 12:21 pm
    Oct 6, 2003 at 3:04 pm
  • Has anyone successfully check/build tseries for MacOSX? It seems like there is the same problem with symbols duplications. The -m like option does not seem to help. stefano
    Stefano IacusStefano Iacus
    Oct 3, 2003 at 5:01 pm
    Oct 3, 2003 at 5:01 pm
  • It is not really a bug but a strange choice. When the option freq=F chosen, hist should plot relative frequency. It plots proportional to relative frequency by the factor of bin width. Is there a ...
    MittalMittal
    Oct 2, 2003 at 8:48 pm
    Oct 2, 2003 at 9:05 pm
  • UweL Thanks to Ian Wilson who pointed out in a private UweL message that my first shot was wrong (Sorry!): less wrong than you say here, excuse but your first answer was better, Uwe, namely UweL a) ...
    MaechlerMaechler
    Oct 1, 2003 at 10:23 am
    Oct 2, 2003 at 9:35 am
  • A while ago I compiled R 1.7.0 for AIX (with the above compiler - I'll call it xlc) and I was surprised that it went quite smoothly. Unfortunately with R 1.8.0 it's not as easy, but I succeeded at ...
    Simon UrbanekSimon Urbanek
    Oct 31, 2003 at 1:33 pm
    Oct 31, 2003 at 1:51 pm
  • Full_Name: Hsiu-Khuern Tang Version: 1.8.0 OS: GNU/Linux (Debian unstable) Submission from: (NULL) (156.153.255.243) Hi, I use palette(rgb(red=..., green=..., blue=..., names=mycolors)) to define my ...
    HtangHtang
    Oct 29, 2003 at 1:53 am
    Oct 29, 2003 at 2:48 pm
  • Having written a number of R programs and having been stung with this myself, I think this is a very good idea. In fact, if the aim of R is to "to do it right" (as one person on the list claimed) ...
    Gabor GrothendieckGabor Grothendieck
    Oct 28, 2003 at 6:49 am
    Oct 28, 2003 at 6:37 pm
  • I'm seeing weird issues in methods initialization, i.e. loading marrayClasses loads Biobase, and when explicitly done, as in library(Biobase) library(marrayClasses) is fine, but when Biobase is ...
    A.J. RossiniA.J. Rossini
    Oct 27, 2003 at 7:45 pm
    Oct 27, 2003 at 9:21 pm
  • Yesterday I ported FLAME to OS X (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/flame/index.html). FLAME is a system to automatically (currently semi-automatically) generate efficient and correct linear algebra ...
    Jan de LeeuwJan de Leeuw
    Oct 26, 2003 at 4:43 pm
    Oct 26, 2003 at 7:23 pm
  • Full_Name: W.B.Kloke Version: 1.8.0 OS: FreeBSD-4.7 Submission from: (NULL) (195.253.22.63) I found a parameter evaluation inconsistency in NLME package. I tried to use gls() inside a function, and I ...
    WbWb
    Oct 24, 2003 at 2:51 pm
    Oct 24, 2003 at 6:15 pm
  • I am currently writing a (private) package in which I produce pdf files from within R using LaTeX. To do so I mainly copied some lines from the buildVignettes() function in the tools package. This ...
    Achim ZeileisAchim Zeileis
    Oct 23, 2003 at 10:15 pm
    Oct 23, 2003 at 11:51 pm
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