[R] Rd and document formatting

[Uwe Ligges]

Mark Strivens wrote:
> Thanks Duncan,
> 
> I really know nothing about Latex - however the macro you detailed
> below does not exist in the file: /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/Rd.sty
> 
> The header of that file reads:
> 
> %%% Rd.sty ... Style for printing the R manual
> %%%
> %%% Modified 1998/01/05 by Friedrich.Leisch at ci.tuwien.ac.at
> %%% Modified 1998/07/07 by Martin Maechler
> %%% Modified 1999/11/20 by Brian Ripley
> %%% Modified 1999/12/26 by Kurt Hornik
> 
> My R version is 1.8.0 - can update the support files (like Rd.sty) 
> without doing
> a total R upgrade?

Please, do upgrade! You will also get problems when updating packages.

BTW: You should have told about your completely outdated R version in 
your first question!

Uwe Ligges



> Thanks for your help
> 
> Mark
> 
>>> I am trying to compose some documentation for a package I hope to 
>>> release soon.
>>>
>>> However when I do the following:
>>>
>>> R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf mypackage.Rd
>>>
>>> I get two mainly blank pages prepended to the top of the document - 
>>> the only text on either (at the top of the first page) is as follows:
>>> hyperindex,colorlinks,pagebackref,linktocpage,plainpages=false,linkcolor=Blue 
>>>
>>> ,citecolor=Blue,urlcolor=Red,pdnull null null
>>>
>>> Curiously if you generate the dvi it is fine and if you generate the 
>>> pdf from the dvi using dvipdf it is also fine...
>>>
>>> Anyone got any ideas?
>>>
>>> System: Linux 2.4.24 SMP i686 GNU/Linux, latex 3.14159-2.1 pdfTex 3.4.5
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Looks like some LaTeX package is out of date, and doesn't understand
>> some of the tex that got generated.  Rd.sty has this:
>>
>>  \hypersetup{%
>>    hyperindex,%
>>    colorlinks,%
>>    pagebackref,%
>>    linktocpage,%
>>    plainpages=false,%
>>    linkcolor=Blue,%
>>    citecolor=Blue,%
>>    urlcolor=Red,%
>>    pdfstartview=Fit,%
>>    pdfview={XYZ null null null}%
>>  }
>>
>> so I think your system doesn't have the \hypersetup macro defined (or
>> maybe you're using an out of date Rd.sty or hyperref.sty?)
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> 
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