Re: [R] Code completion

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From: A.J. Rossini (rossini@blindglobe.net)
Date: Sat 17 Feb 2001 - 23:06:18 EST 

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>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <BSA <p.dalgaard@pubhealth.ku.dk>> writes:

    PD> One thing I remember from the Borland products was the very
    PD> simple mechanism of pressing a hotkey to get help on the
    PD> function call you were in the process of writing.

    PD> That kind of thing would seem to be fairly easy to implement
    PD> in ESS, (now don't tell me it does so already...) e.g. user
    PD> types

    PD> hist(x,

    PD> then realizes that he forgot how to set break values, hits
    PD> C-F1 (say), and the minibuffer says

Actually, C-c C-v at that point will ask if you want help on hist,
and give it to you in the other window...

But it's still not quite a "fill-in-the-blanks" template.

best,
-tony 

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