Requirements
This package requires the R.oo package [1].Installation and updates
To install this package do:
install.packages("R.utils")To get started
{[alpha] Methods for common argument processing.}
   - Assert{[alpha] Methods for assertion of values and states.}
- GString{[alpha] A character string class with methods for
           simple substitution.}
- Java{[beta] Reads and writes Java streams.}
- Options{[alpha] Tree-structured options queried in a
           file-system like manner.}
- Settings{[alpha] An Options class for reading and writing
           package settings.}
- ProgressBar{[beta] Text-based progress bar.}
- FileProgressBar{[beta] A ProgressBar that reports progess
           as file size.}
- System{[alpha] Methods for access to system.}
- Verbose{[alpha] A class for verbose and log output.
           Utilized by the VComments and LComments classes.}
- SmartComments, VComments, LComments{[alpha]
           Methods for preprocessing source code comments of certain
           formats into R code.}
How to cite this package
Whenever using this package, please cite [1] as
  @INPROCEEDINGS{BengtssonH_2003,
 author       = {Henrik Bengtsson},
 title        = {The {R.oo} package - Object-Oriented Programming
                 with References Using Standard {R} Code},
 booktitle    = {Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on
                 Distributed Statistical Computing (DSC 2003)},
 year         = {2003},
 editor       = {Kurt Hornik and Friedrich Leisch and Achim Zeileis},
 address      = {Vienna, Austria},
 month        = {March},
 issn         = {1609-395X},
 howpublished = {http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2003/},
}
Wishlist
Here is a list of features that would be useful, but which I have
 too little time to add myself. Contributions are appreciated.
 - Write a TclTkProgressBar class.
- Improve/stabilize the GString class.
- Mature the SmartComments classes.  Also add AComments and
         PComments for assertion and progress/status comments.
If you consider implement some of the above, make sure it is not
 already implemented by downloading the latest "devel" version!License
The releases of this package is licensed under
  LGPL version 2.1 or newer.
  The development code of the packages is under a private licence
  (where applicable) and patches sent to the author fall under the
  latter license, but will be, if incorporated, released under the
  "release" license above.References
[1] H. Bengtsson, The R.oo package - Object-Oriented Programming with References Using Standard R Code, In Kurt Hornik, Friedrich Leisch and Achim Zeileis, editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Statistical Computing (DSC 2003), March 20-22, Vienna, Austria. http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2003/Proceedings/