[Rd] Bug in tools::compactPDF() in 2.13-0-alpha

[Gavin Simpson]

On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 09:00 -0400, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 11-03-27 8:48 AM, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > There seems to be an bug in compactPDF() or at least an inconsistency
> > with the documented behaviour.
> 
> Thanks, looks easy to fix.  I'll make the correction.  (A bit more below...)

Thanks Duncan,

<snip />

> >> compactPDF("../analogue/pkg/inst/doc/analogue_methods.pdf", gs_cmd = "/usr/bin/")
> 
> That won't work:  you need the full path to the gs_cmd, not just its 
> home directory.

Ah; I wasn't sure exactly what R expected here and tried several
versions including the full path before diving into the code to see what
the problem was. The call I included just happened to be the last one I
had tried in my R session.

All the best,

G

> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> > NULL
> >
> > no matter what I do.
> >
> > This is with:
> >
> >> sessionInfo()
> > R version 2.13.0 alpha (2011-03-27 r55077)
> > Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> >
> > locale:
> >   [1] LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8       LC_NUMERIC=C
> >   [3] LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8        LC_COLLATE=en_GB.utf8
> >   [5] LC_MONETARY=C             LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
> >   [7] LC_PAPER=en_GB.utf8       LC_NAME=C
> >   [9] LC_ADDRESS=C              LC_TELEPHONE=C
> > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> >
> > attached base packages:
> > [1] tools     stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets
> > [7] methods   base
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gavin
> 

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