[R] installing my own package - problems with INDEX

[Liaw, Andy]

Maybe you can show us one of the Rd files that doesn't work, so some one on
this list can see what the problem might be?

Cheers,
Andy

> From: Pamela Hall
> 
> >Have you checked really carefully for "Unbalanced braces"? 
> Many editors Please do so an look whether opening and closing 
> of barces happens in the correct order. Also, watch out for 
> escaped braces and stuff like that. Some appropriate editor 
> might help, but don't rely on it (since it's not the parser itself).
> >
> >Uwe Ligges
> 
> Yes. Alpha is a good editor, designed for programming and has 
> a tec mode (and an R/S mode, along with many many others).  
> It also colourizes everything so its easy to see what you're 
> doing.  I made the skeleton of the Rd file with the prompt() 
> so I believe I have the correct structure.  I have even tried 
> to build a package of 1 function and 1 Rd file.  With 1 Rd 
> file I can count the braces!  I know the file is correct.
> 
> At 10:11 +0200 6/15/04, Wolski wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >If I have similar problem.
> >
> >I first run R CMD check. Then I change to the directory 
> mypackage.Rcheck where R CMD check generated a file 
> mypackage-manual.tex.
> >Then I try to compile the file using latex by myself. In 
> addition I am using a latex error aware editor (texniccenter 
> on windows).
> >When I have the error pinned down in tex file, its usually 
> quite easy to find the corresponding Rd file and then the 
> error in the Rd file.
> >
> >Sincerely Eryk.
> 
> 
> I am not creating latex versions of the help pages.  This 
> package is for a small group of people (about 40) and only 
> works on a specific set of non-public data, so I'm not trying 
> to make this package work for everyone.  It seems that my 
> installation of latex is a bit skiddly-whumpus, but I haven't 
> the time to mess with it now as I have a deadline for the R 
> package completion.  HTML files are sufficient.  So, I have 
> used the option that doesn't make latex files.
> 
> however, the editor I use, alpha, has a tex mode and I've 
> been using that since it keeps track of matching braces, 
> indentation and colours text so I know what part of the code it is.
> 
> The problem really isn't one of braces - as I said, I have 
> tried to build it with a single function and a single Rd 
> file,and it still gives me the same error.  If I build it 
> with 2 functions and 2 Rd file, then the same error shows up 
> AND only the first function is indexed and the help page for 
> the second function points to the help page for the first function.
> 
> I must be doing something else wrong.  Its not the braces.
> 
> This is what I have done that may not be right?
> 
> 1.  I put all of the Rd files into 1 file with a \eof 
> separating them.  This is how it appears in already built 
> packages, however, I haven't seen any reference to that in 
> the R manual.   But if I don't do that, R CMD check completely fails.
> 
> 2.  What about the functions themselves?  I have tried them 
> as separate files or concatenated into one file.  The 
> functions always appear to have been sourced and are 
> available in R, but the help pages fail either way.
> 
> 3.  \keyword.  Very few of my functions really fit into any 
> of the keyword.db options.  I note that there also appears to 
> be keywords for packages that can be added (eg spatial).  Can 
> I make my own keyword and add it to the keyword.db?
> 
> -ph
> 
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