help.request
Send a Post to R-help
Prompts the user to check they have done all that is expected of them before sending a post to the R-help mailing list, provides a template for the post with session information included and optionally sends the email (on Unix systems).
Usage
help.request(subject = "", address = "r-help@R-project.org", file = "R.help.request", ...)
Arguments
- subject
- subject of the email. Please do not use single quotes (') in the subject! Post separate help requests for multiple queries.
- address
- recipient's email address.
- file
- filename to use (if needed) for setting up the email.
- ...
- additional named arguments such as
method
andccaddress
to pass tocreate.post
.
Details
This function is not intended to replace the posting guide. Please read the guide before posting to R-help or using this function (see http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html).
The help.request
function:
- asks whether the user has consulted relevant resources, stopping and opening the relevant URL if a negative response if given.
- checks whether the current version of R is being used and whether the add-on packages are up-to-date, giving the option of updating where necessary.
- asks whether the user has prepared appropriate (minimal, reproducible, self-contained, commented) example code ready to paste into the post.
Once this checklist has been completed a template post is prepared
including current session information, and passed to
create.post
.
Value
-
Nothing useful.
See Also
The posting guide (http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html),
also sessionInfo()
from which you may add to the help request.
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