doc tweak about rgnorm() in SLiM-Extras

Author: bhaller

EidosScribe/EidosHelpFunctions.rtf

@@ -5137,6 +5137,7 @@ See
 \f3\fs20  will be returned; if not, 
 \f1\fs18 F
 \f3\fs20  will be returned (but at present, an error will result instead).\cf0 \
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 \cf2 If 
 \f1\fs18 compress
 \f3\fs20  is 
@@ -6267,8 +6268,9 @@ Named
 \f1\fs18 c()
 \f3\fs20  function (including the possibility of type promotion).\
 Since this function can be hard to understand at first, here is an example:\
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-\f1\fs18 sapply(1:10, "if (applyValue % 2) applyValue ^ 2; else NULL;");\
+\f1\fs18 \cf2 sapply(1:10, "if (applyValue % 2) applyValue ^ 2; else NULL;");\
 \pard\pardeftab397\li547\ri720\sb60\sa60\partightenfactor0
 
 \f3\fs20 \cf2 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 This produces the output 
@@ -6640,6 +6642,11 @@ If
 \f3\fs20  had been supplied, but it is recommended to use 
 \f1\fs18 wait=T
 \f3\fs20  instead to ensure that the command line is correctly assembled.\
+\pard\pardeftab543\li547\ri720\sb60\sa60\partightenfactor0
+\cf2 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 There is an example at {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://github.com/MesserLab/SLiM-Extras/blob/master/functions/rgnorm.slim"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 https://github.com/MesserLab/SLiM-Extras/blob/master/functions/rgnorm.slim}} that demonstrates the use of 
+\f1\fs18 system()
+\f3\fs20 , calling out to Python, to obtain draws from a generalized normal distribution (which is not supported intrinsically by Eidos).  That example even includes internal buffering of a large number of draws, making it a reasonably efficient solution.\expnd0\expndtw0\kerning0
+\
 \pard\pardeftab397\li720\fi-446\ri720\sb180\sa60\partightenfactor0
 
 \f1\fs18 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 (string$)time(void)\

QtSLiM/help/EidosHelpFunctions.html

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 <p class="p14">system("(wc -l | sed 's/ //g')", input=c('foo', 'bar', 'baz'));</p>
 <p class="p3">will supply the input lines to <span class="s2">wc</span> courtesy of the subshell started for the <span class="s2">()</span> operator.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>If this strategy doesn’t work for the command line you want to execute, you can always write a temporary file yourself using <span class="s2">writeFile()</span> or <span class="s2">writeTempFile()</span> and redirect that file to standard input in <span class="s2">command</span> with <span class="s2">&lt;</span><span class="s3">.</span></p>
 <p class="p5"><span class="s5">If </span><span class="s6">wait</span><span class="s5"> is </span><span class="s6">T</span><span class="s5"> (the default), </span><span class="s6">system()</span><span class="s5"> will wait for the command to finish, and return the output generated as a </span><span class="s6">string</span><span class="s5"> vector, as described above.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>If </span><span class="s6">wait</span><span class="s5"> is </span><span class="s6">F</span><span class="s5">, </span><span class="s6">system()</span><span class="s5"> will instead append </span><span class="s6">" &amp;"</span><span class="s5"> to the end of the command line to request that it be run in the background, and it will not collect and return the output from the command; instead it will return </span><span class="s6">string(0)</span><span class="s5"> immediately.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>If the output from the command is needed, it could be redirected to a file, and that file could be checked periodically in Eidos for some indication that the command had completed; if output is not redirected to a file, it may appear in SLiM’s output stream.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>If the final command line executed by </span><span class="s6">system()</span><span class="s5"> ends in </span><span class="s6">" &amp;"</span><span class="s5">, the behavior of </span><span class="s6">system()</span><span class="s5"> should be just as if </span><span class="s6">wait=T</span><span class="s5"> had been supplied, but it is recommended to use </span><span class="s6">wait=T</span><span class="s5"> instead to ensure that the command line is correctly assembled.</span></p>
+<p class="p5">There is an example at <a href="https://github.com/MesserLab/SLiM-Extras/blob/master/functions/rgnorm.slim"><span class="s20">https://github.com/MesserLab/SLiM-Extras/blob/master/functions/rgnorm.slim</span></a> that demonstrates the use of <span class="s2">system()</span>, calling out to Python, to obtain draws from a generalized normal distribution (which is not supported intrinsically by Eidos).<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>That example even includes internal buffering of a large number of draws, making it a reasonably efficient solution.</p>
 <p class="p2">(string$)time(void)</p>
 <p class="p3">Returns a <b>standard time string</b> for the current time in the local time of the executing machine.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The format is <span class="s2">%H:%M:%S</span> (hour in two digits, then minute in two digits, then seconds in two digits, zero-padded and separated by dashes) regardless of the localization of the executing machine, for predictability and consistency.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The 24-hour clock time is used (i.e., no AM/PM).</p>
 <p class="p4"><span class="s5">(float$)usage(</span>[ls$ type = "rss"]<span class="s5">)</span></p>