[R] Diagnosing Documentation Issues

stephen sefick ssefick at gmail.com
Thu Aug 7 00:58:28 CEST 2008


using R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf  foo.Rd  creates pdfs for everyone of the
files separately.  What do I do now?

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:49 PM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mac OS X 10.5.4
> intel processor
> R 2.7.1
> MacTex - latest version (yesterday and checked for updates)
> I am trying to diagnose a documentation issue.  I don't know TeX at
> all- I may have a friend who does I will find out tonight, but this is
> more of a procedural question.  I have Read the FAQ, R package manual,
> etc, but can't seem to find a "how to make everything play together
> nicely" document- and this, I'm sure, is ignorance on my part.
>
> 1. I have run R CMD check and everything is fine, including the check
> on the .Rd files.  There is latex to pdf found.  and then there is a
> warning message at the end about the latex.
> 2. In the file created by R CMD check there is a pdf file with all of
> the man pages there, but table of contents or index- just the separate
> pages for each different function
> 3. My plan is to run R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf on each separate Rd file that
> is part of the package to see which particular one is the bugger
> 4. Whatever else anyone suggests
>
> I can upload the whole package somewhere so that this is reproducible
> if the list would find that helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen Sefick
> Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy
> Research Scientist (Stream Ecology)
> M.S. Forest and Natural Resources
>



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