Updated.

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@27251 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

FAQ

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 
    R FAQ
 Frequently Asked Questions on R
-Version 1.8-19, 2003-11-26
+Version 1.8-20, 2003-11-27
 ISBN 3-900051-01-1
 Kurt Hornik
 
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ port of R for Macintosh is no longer supported.
 2.6 Are there Unix binaries for R?
 ==================================
 
-The `bin/linux' directory of a CRAN site contains Debian stable/testing
-packages for the i386 platform (now part of the Debian distribution and
-maintained by Dirk Eddelbuettel), Mandrake 9.0/9.1 i386 packages by Michele
-Alzetta, Red Hat 7.x/8.x/9 i386 packages by Martyn Plummer, SuSE
-7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0 i386 packages by Detlef Steuer, and VineLinux 2.6 i386
-packages by Susunu Tanimura.
+The `bin/linux' directory of a CRAN site contains Debian
+stable/testing/unstable packages for the i386 platform (now part of the
+Debian distribution and maintained by Dirk Eddelbuettel), Mandrake 9.0/9.1
+i386 packages by Michele Alzetta, Red Hat 7.x/8.x/9 i386 packages by Martyn
+Plummer, SuSE 7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0 i386 packages by Detlef Steuer, and
+VineLinux 2.6 i386 packages by Susunu Tanimura.
 
    The Debian packages can be accessed through APT, the Debian package
 maintenance tool.  Simply add the line
@@ -3321,8 +3321,10 @@ that the term "name" is used in several different (but related) ways in the
 language:
 
   1. A _syntactic name_ is a string the parser interprets as this type of
-     expression.  It consists of letters, numbers, and the dot character
-     and starts with a letter or the dot.
+     expression.  It consists of letters, numbers, and the dot and (for
+     version of R at least 1.9.0) underscore characters, and starts with
+     either a letter or a dot not followed by a number.  Reserved words are
+     not syntactic names.
 
   2. An _object name_ is a string associated with an object that is
      assigned in an expression either by having the object name on the left

doc/manual/R-FAQ.texi

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @settitle R FAQ
 @setchapternewpage on
 @set FAQ-YEAR 2003
-@set FAQ-VERSION 1.8-19, @value{FAQ-YEAR}-11-26
+@set FAQ-VERSION 1.8-20, @value{FAQ-YEAR}-11-27
 @set REL-VERSION 1.8.1
 @set FAQ-ISBN 3-900051-01-1
 @documentlanguage en
@@ -440,10 +440,11 @@ to MacOS 9.2.2.  This port of R for Macintosh is no longer supported.
 @node Are there Unix binaries for R?, What documentation exists for R?, How can R be installed?, R Basics
 @section Are there Unix binaries for R?
 
-@c Linux binaries as of 2003-11-26:
+@c Linux binaries as of 2003-11-28:
 @c
 @c debian    woody i386  1.8.0  Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
-@c           sarge i386  1.8.0  Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
+@c           sarge i386  1.8.1  Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
+@c           sid   i386  1.8.1  Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
 @c mandrake  9.0   i386  1.8.0  Michele Alzetta <mikalzet@libero.it>
 @c           9.1   i386  1.8.0  Michele Alzetta <mikalzet@libero.it>
 @c redhat    7.x   i386  1.8.1  Martyn Plummer <plummer@iarc.fr>
@@ -457,11 +458,11 @@ to MacOS 9.2.2.  This port of R for Macintosh is no longer supported.
 @c vinelinux 2.6   i386  1.8.0  Susunu Tanimura <stanimura-ngs@umin.ac.jp>
 
 The @file{bin/linux} directory of a @CRAN{} site contains Debian
-stable/testing packages for the i386 platform (now part of the Debian
-distribution and maintained by Dirk Eddelbuettel), Mandrake 9.0/9.1 i386
-packages by Michele Alzetta, Red Hat 7.x/8.x/9 i386 packages by Martyn
-Plummer, SuSE 7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0 i386 packages by Detlef Steuer, and
-VineLinux 2.6 i386 packages by Susunu Tanimura.
+stable/testing/unstable packages for the i386 platform (now part of the
+Debian distribution and maintained by Dirk Eddelbuettel), Mandrake
+9.0/9.1 i386 packages by Michele Alzetta, Red Hat 7.x/8.x/9 i386
+packages by Martyn Plummer, SuSE 7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0 i386 packages by
+Detlef Steuer, and VineLinux 2.6 i386 packages by Susunu Tanimura.
 
 The Debian packages can be accessed through APT, the Debian package
 maintenance tool.  Simply add the line
@@ -3623,9 +3624,10 @@ in the language:
 @enumerate
 @item
 A @emph{syntactic name} is a string the parser interprets as this type
-of expression.  It consists of letters, numbers, and the dot character
-and starts with a letter or the dot.
-
+of expression.  It consists of letters, numbers, and the dot and (for
+version of R at least 1.9.0) underscore characters, and starts with
+either a letter or a dot not followed by a number.  Reserved words are
+not syntactic names.
 @item
 An @emph{object name} is a string associated with an object that is
 assigned in an expression either by having the object name on the left