From plummer@iarc.fr  Fri Mar 26 14:52:24 1999
From: plummer@iarc.fr (Martyn Plummer)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:52:24 +0100
Subject: Using zip format for help pages, examples, etc.
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Message-ID: <36FB9F28.D1F2CBEF@iarc.fr>

Jonathan Rougier wrote:

> This is probably an unrealistic suggestion, but if compression is less of
> a problem than the number of files, why not take the help files `onboard'
> by creating a new class of objects with mode "help", which would be lists
> with components much like the current .Rd files, and attach them at the
> bottom of the search list.  Each library would then require just a single
> file of help objects.

Because R objects are stored in memory, and using 1Mb+ of RAM to
store help files is a bit of a waste.

This is an *operating system* issue, and it's only a problem for
OSs with crap file systems. It shouldn't require major changes to R.

M.
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Using zip format for help pages, examples, etc.
Martyn Plummer