changes                package:ssBase                R Documentation

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     This page contains a list of recent changes made to the package,
     and known general problems.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:


        1.  The map plotting option in 'lattice' has been removed,
           along with the default values for 'alpha', 'd', 'centrelong'
           and 'centrelat' in the function call. These must now be set
           explicitly. (March 2003)

        2.  The function 'subcatalogue' has been deleted. It is
           superseded by 'as.catalogue'. (June 2003)

        3.  The function 'print.cat' has been renamed to
           'write.catalogue'. (June 2003)

        4.  Fixed inconsistencies between generic and method functions.
           (June 2003)

        5.  The function 'c.cat' has been renamed to 'c.catalogue'
           providing a "combine" method for objects with class
           '"catalogue"'. (June 2003)

        6.  'c.catalogue': argument 'name' has been changed to
           'catname'. (June 2003)

        7.  The function 'plot.subset' has been moved to the ssEDA
           package. (June 2003)

        8.  'subset.circle', 'subset.polygon', 'subset.rect',
           'subset.sphere': argument 'na.rm' added. Its effect has been
           described under 'Details' of the documentation of each
           function. (June 2003)

        9.  'library.version': updated. (August 2003)

        10.  'library.version': version above included a stray CR
           causing a syntax error. (September 2003)

        11.  'Palliser' Catalogue added. (September 2003)

        12.  'as.catalogue' modified to be compatible with R version
           1.7.1. A list now has class '"list"'. (October 2003)

        13.  'ReadNZ', 'ReadPDE' and 'ReadWellington' have been
           deleted, now part of respective packages. (October 2003)

        14.  'days1' and 'projection': links to functions in other
           packages in manual pages modified to include the package
           name. (November 2003)

        15.  Minor documentation formatting changes, mainly to use
           '\dQuote' and '\sQuote'. (January 2004)

        16.  'summary.catalogue': gave a warning message if all values
           of depth were missing; fixed. (February 2004)

        17.  'epi.circle': argument 'plotit' removed. (February 2004)

        18.  Catalogue 'Read' functions has been removed from this
           package, with each catalogue package containing its ``read''
           function. (March 2004)

        19.  File '/exec/version.sh' removed from package. (March 2004)

        20.  'library.version': documentation mismatch with code
           corrected. (7 May 2004)

        21.  'subset.polygon': 'PACKAGE="ssBase"' has been added to the
           '.Fortran("polyse", ...)' call within the function. (7 May
           2004)

        22.  'Palliser', 'NZ55': in earlier package versions these
           datasets were read from a text file creating the rda file at
           the time 'data(Palliser)' or 'data(NZ55)' were ran. This
           method caused a syntax error in R 2.0. Now this file is
           created when the package is installed, similar to the
           catalogue packages. (22 Nov 2004)

        23.  'summary.subset': syntax error in R 2.0 caused by multiple
           inequalities in an expression. A 'phantom()' has been added
           to the initial 'if (plot == TRUE)' statement. (22 Nov 2004)

        24.  'subset.circle', 'subset.polygon', 'subset.sphere':
           documentation formatting changes to use '\eqn'. (16 Feb
           2005)

        25.  'arcdist': new function. (16 Feb 2005)

        26.  'lattice': rearrange function code. (18 Feb 2005)

        27.  'write.catalogue': writing loop eliminated, and use made
           of R functions 'format' and 'formatC'. (20 Feb 2005)

        28.  'c.catalogue': function rewritten, user can now select a
           subset of variables to include. (20 Feb 2005)

        29.  'subset.circle', 'subset.polygon', 'subset.rect',
           'subset.sphere': documentation for arguments 'minday' and
           'maxday' clarified. (April 2005)

        30.  'days1', 'datetimes': clearer explanation on the manual
           pages of the difference between these functions and similar
           functions in the 'chron' package. (29 April 2005)

        31.  In src/Makefile.win there were three occurrences of
           "'$(RM) -f'", each of were replaced by "'$(RM)'". The
           in-built definition for RM already contains the "'-f'". (20
           June 2005)

        32.  Package vignettes added. (13 Aug 2005)

        33.  'days1', 'months1', 'years1': the 'chron' package
           implemented a namespace in version 2.3-0. To call the chron
           function 'origin', one now needs 'chron:::origin'; though
           here have replaced with 'attr(x, "origin")'. (28 Nov 2005)

        34.  'days1': error in example fixed ("1959" to "1969"). (28
           Nov 2005)

        35.  More problems with Windows! New version of
           'src/Makefile.win'. (16 Dec 2005)

        36.  Modify 'src/Makefile.win' (missing tabs). (17 Dec 2005)

        37.  'lattice': 'd' included in output list. (4 May 2006)

        38.  File 'R/NZ55.txt' deleted, is in 'src/NZ55.txt'. (12 May
           2006)

        39.  File 'R/[.datetimes.R' renamed to 'R/extract.datetimes.R'.
           (12 May 2006)

        40.  In 'src/Makefile.win' line containing 'DLLLIBS =
           -L$(RHOME)/lib -L$(RHOME)/src/gnuwin32 -lR' deleted. (10 Jul
           2007)

        41.  'c.catalogue': arguments '...' and 'recursive' added for
           compatibility with generic function 'c'. (2 Aug 2007)

        42.  The functions 'subset.rect', 'subset.circle',
           'subset.polygon', and 'subset.sphere' are deprecated and
           have been renamed to 'subsetrect', 'subsetcircle',
           'subsetpolygon', and 'subsetsphere', respectively. Their
           names conflict with the generic R function 'subset'. (5 Nov
           2007)

        43.  'subset.rect', 'subset.polygon', and 'subset.sphere':
           correct incorrect information in the deprecated warning
           message. (21 Nov 2007)

_F_u_t_u_r_e _D_e_v_e_l_o_p_m_e_n_t_s:


        1.  Make '"datetimes"' compatible with base software provided
           by R. Still insufficient flexibility in the 'chron'
           functions.

        2.  Write a function 'subset.catalogue' as a method for
           'subset'. It would involve 'subsetcircle', 'subsetpolygon',
           'subsetrect', and 'subsetsphere'.

