From Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at  Tue Nov 11 11:02:39 1997
From: Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at (Friedrich Leisch)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:02:39 +0100
Subject: R-alpha: help files of base package
Message-ID: <199711111102.MAA24731@galadriel.ci.tuwien.ac.at>

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I'm not happy at all with the html and latex version of the base help
files, because presenting (currently) 320 files in alphabetic order is
not a good way for unexperienced users.

I'm thinking about introducing a new command like \category or
whatever to split the help files up into parts like


graphics commands
random numbers
linear models
input/output
...


such that we can organize things a little bit. this way we could also
have a concise index of ALL functions available that is still
helpfull. 

somthing like the categories list in the R-minus help window ...

what do you think?

how to organize such a thing (besides providing the technical means)?

fritz
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R-alpha: help files of base package
Friedrich Leisch