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<h1 align="center">R for Macintosh FAQ/DOC</h1>
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<h1 align="center">R for Macintosh FAQ/DOC</h1>
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<h2>Version for <tt>R 1.3.1</tt></h2>
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<h2>Version for <tt>R 1.4.0</tt></h2>
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<address>S. M. Iacus</address>
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<address>S. M. Iacus</address>
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Changes specific to this version:
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Changes specific to this version:
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<ul> Added the "Config" menu</ul>
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<ul> Added item "Link Packages Help" in the "Help" menu.</ul>
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<ul> Fixed a bug in the lapack module. Complex functions are now available.</ul>
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<ul> Fixed a bug that ghosted help menu items.</ul>
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<ul> Added MPW makefiles to build standard libraries and modules</ul>
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<ul> Added experimental script to build R via Apple's MRC compiler</ul>
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<ul> Now R needs a new shared library <a href="#f2cLib">"f2cLib"</a> that
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   will increase portability for all fortran based packages</ul>
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<ul> Added support for apple events. R begins to be a scriptable
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  application. Very limited support by now but will increase soon.
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  Some demo scripts have been added.</ul>
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<ul> link.html.help() function has been added by picking windows code.</ul>
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<p><p><hr><p>
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
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<td>Help On Topic</td>
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<td>Help On Topic</td>
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<td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Opens a dialog where the user canspecify an item he or
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<td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Opens a dialog where the user can specify an item he or
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she wants to see.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Equivalentto "help(topic)" or
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she wants to see.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Equivalentto "help(topic)" or
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"?topic"</td>
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"?topic"</td>
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<td>Search Help On&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Search Help On&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp; Opens a dialog where the user can&nbsp; specifyan argument to
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<td>&nbsp; Opens a dialog where the user can&nbsp; specify an argument to
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have help on. It&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is equivalent to"help.search("topic")"</td>
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have help on. It&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is equivalent to"help.search("topic")"</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Run An Example&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Run An Example&nbsp;</td>
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<td></td>
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<td>Opens a dialog where the user can specifyan item of which he or she
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<td>Opens a dialog where the user can specify an item of which he or she
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wants to run&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anexample of. It is equivalent
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wants to run&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anexample of. It is equivalent
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to "example(topic)".</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Link Packages Help</td>
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<td>After installing a new package you need to link help files database.</td>
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<i><u></u></i>
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<p><i><u>About R windows.</u></i>
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<p><i><u>About R windows.</u></i>
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<br>Normally R opens windows to let 80 character/columns to be displayed.
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The size of the windows is calculated on the basis of the size of the font
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The size of the windows is calculated on the basis of the size of the font