more universally.  (NB: this can be masked by existing functions

figures can be included in help pages when converted to HTML or

LaTeX.  There are examples on the help pages for

The built-in httpd server now allows access to files

number under which they might be released, e.g. in the startup

correct way to refer to a development version of R is

, preferably with the date and SVN version number.

There are two new options for typesetting PDF manuals from

used the named font for monospaced output. They are intended to

reference manual and package manuals.  If you do not have that

R Installation and Administration Manual

Automatic printing for reference classes is now done by

and may be overridden for user classes (see

should no longer be needed for reference classes.

now ignore differences in pointer values when comparing printed

the original sources (including comments).

have been added to the HTML help main page.  These link to

vignettes in the base and recommended packages and to a

collection of papers about R issues, respectively.

Documentation and messages have been standardized to

a non-generic version of a function if called from a package with a

namespace.  (It always did for packages without a namespace.)

attempt is made to change a locked binding.

the environment to be specified indirectly; the latter gains

The body of a closure can be one of further types of

objects, including environments and external pointers.

argument, allowing pages to be displayed in

, returning a logical value after attempting to

vignettes and demos as well as help pages.  The new option

This also applies to HTML searches, which now give results in all

It is now documented that large values (package

The initialization of the random-number generator now uses

the process ID as well as the current time, just in case two

processes are launched very rapidly on a machine with

low-resolution wall clock (some have a resolution of a second;

modern systems have microsecond-level resolution).

send a terminate signal to one or more processes, plus constants