[R] Easier ways to create .Rd files?

[Greg Snow]

For the initial .Rd file look at the 'prompt' function, it will create a basic .Rd file based on the current function definition with all the structure in place, then you go in and edit it to have more meaningful information.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:55 PM
> To: r-help
> Subject: [R] Easier ways to create .Rd files?
> 
> R-helpers:
> 
> Are there any ways to auto-generate R-friendly (e.g. will pass a
> compilation check) .Rd files given a set of .R code?  How about GUIs
> that help properly format the .Rd files?  Thanks!  I want a basic set
> of .Rd files that I can update as I go, but as with most things my
> documentation typically lags behind my coding by a few days.
> 
> --j
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