Perhaps what I should have said is: I gave up on the Splus GUI (both using
and programming) long ago, and have no sympathy for those who struggle with
it. (Sorry David.) IMHO (and I mean IMHO), it was a strategic mistake when
MathSoft put the Axum GUI on Splus.
Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P.J.Wells@open.ac.uk [mailto:P.J.Wells@open.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:29 AM
> To: s-news@wubios.wustl.edu
> Subject: Re: [S] Unix vs PC S Version problems
>
>
> Andy Liaw wrote:
>
> >My guess is that you are using Splus functions written for the
> >Splus GUI.
> >If I'm not mistaken, these functions were intended to be
> >called/used only
> >through the Splus GUI, not from command line or scripts. In
> so, you're
> >hacking the system beyond its intended use, and I don't think
> >Insightful can
> >be blamed for not documenting those, as they may not be
> >considered part of
> >the API.
>
> Possibly, but my first contact with S-Plus was at an Insightful
> demonstration where the ability to record actions performed
> with the GUI and
> then paste them into the command or script windows was
> explicitly presented
> as one of the program's selling points (it certainly sold it to me...)
>
> Julian Wells
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