[Rd] overly long lines in pdf output of manual from package

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, John C Nash wrote:

> In re-factoring my optimx package, I'm finding that the pdf output has some lines that are
> outside the margins (and there are warnings in R CMD check optimx). Clearly I can fix this
> by editing the tex file that is generated, but the build infrastructure would still get
> things wrong in automatic processing. So that gives rise to 3 questions:
>
> 1) How do I adjust the DESCRIPTION file to avoid too long a line (optimx uses a lot of
> other packages). I can add \cr elements to the Rd files to control those lines, but
> DESCRIPTION doesn't allow this.

Wrap lines?  And is this R 2.14.0, as the issues are easier with 
the fonts used there?

> 2) Is there an option control that does the job? I've not found one 
> in searching, but could easily have chosen poor search terms.

R has ways to reformat description files.  See ?write.dcf.

>
> 3) To avoid running the whole of R CMD check to rebuild the manual, 
> do I need to dig into R CMD check to find the bits that just build 
> the manual, or is there an option to Rd2pdf to do this? I've found 
> how to process a list of files with Rd2pdf, but need to add the 
> DESCRIPTION stuff.

R CMD R2pdf on a package source directory is what R CMD check uses.

>
> Best
>
> John Nash
>
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