From thomas@biostat.washington.edu  Thu Dec 11 17:05:25 1997
From: thomas@biostat.washington.edu (Thomas Lumley)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:05:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: R-alpha: Re: R-beta: R FAQ v0.60
In-Reply-To: <97Dec11.114820est.26586@mailgate.bank-banque-canada.ca>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.971211090029.13765C-100000@chekov>

On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> >However, keep in mind that in the long run, all R SOURCE files will need
> >to have a `.R' extension (as of 0.60, this is already a must for data).
> 
> Does this mean that files like, for example, ../R/library/mva/R/mva should be
> called ../R/library/mva/R/mva.R or does it mean that in R when I use source()
> the file name must end in .R? 

It only applies to package source code: so

src/library/SOMEPKG/R/file	should be 
src/library/SOMEPKG/R/file.R    and 
src/library/SOMEPKG/data/datafile      should be
src/library/SOMEPKG/data/datafile.R    

for the installer to install them.

Similarly, the documentation must be in .Rd files

This has the benefit of ignoring things like emacs backup files while you
are developing a package, and of making packages easier to understand
(possibly).

	-thomas

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R-alpha: Re: R-beta: R FAQ v0.60
Thomas Lumley