[R] R CMD Rd2pdf [options] files

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 12-03-14 11:58 PM, casperyc wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry if I seem a bit pissed because I am!

I'd recommend calming down, and explaining the problem clearly.  You 
tell us about the research you did, but you don't say:

1.  What exactly did you do?

2.  What was the result?

Without those two bits of information, it's hard to give any advice 
other than to follow the instructions in the manual, not the ones you 
find on the Internet.  There are lots of pages with incorrect or 
obsolete information on the Internet, but we do try to keep the manuals 
up to date.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> Basically, I have written some script and I wanted to make a "documentation"
> for it using .Rd format.
>
> ############################################################################
> I followed the example here in
>
> http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/utils/html/prompt.html
>
> created the file plot.default.rd in my directory. But then there is the
> problem.
>
> Almost EVERYWHERE on the internet it says use
>
> R CMD Rd2pdf [options] files
>
> [[elided Hotmail spam]]
>
> I have been spending 2 hours search on internet by I still CAN'T get it to
> work!
>
> I HAVE READ the PDF file "Writing R Extensions".
>
> On page 72, section "2.15 Processing Rd format", which is short and USELESS!
>
> Last paragraph says:
>
>
> tools to build
> # packages from source as described in the “R Installation and
> Administration” manual,
> # although typically all that is needed is a LATEX installation.
>
> I have to admit that I did not read ALL pages of the “R Installation and
> Administration” manual. But I really wanted the EXAMPLES to be helpful and
> STRAIGHTFORWARD or more DIRECT, which section I should read in “R
> Installation and Administration”? What exactly should be done in Windows?
>
> ############################################################################
>
> Now back to my question, HOW exactly can I have a PDF file from
> "plot.default.rd"?
>
>
>
> MiKTeX Portable; Adobe Acrobat; NpptoR installed.
>
> Thanks!
>
> casper
>
>
>
>
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