[R] How to build a vignette?

PO SU rhelpmaillist at 163.com
Sat Dec 6 08:25:21 CET 2014


OK, I got it , you helped me  a lot , tks very much. :)




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At 2014-12-06 14:12:45, "Jeff Newmiller" <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us> wrote:
>If you run R CMD check on your package successfully, then that file will be generated as needed automatically. If you install your package for you're own use before sending it to CRAN then you can see the file by following the link on the help index html page for your package.
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>On December 5, 2014 9:47:36 PM PST, PO SU <rhelpmaillist at 163.com> wrote:
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>>
>>Yeah, i can write some roxygen2 which transformed to .RD files.
>> The pdf of a  package in the cran is not a vignette?  That's to say
>>some packages have not vignettes?
>> And the pdf version is generated by me or cran ? If by me , how can i
>>generate it from my .RD files.
>>i am writing  a package, source R codes are already written but i don't
>>very clear about how to subbmmit to cran.
>> 
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>>PO SU
>>mail: desolator88 at 163.com 
>>Majored in Statistics from SJTU
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>>At 2014-12-06 11:12:32, "Jeff Newmiller" <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us>
>>wrote:
>>>You are not talking about a vignette. That is the pdf version of the
>>help files, automatically generated from the same Rd files as the HTML
>>versions.
>>>
>>>If you are not going to write the Rd file directly, you probably want
>>roxygen. Markdown is weak on links and template structures, and Rd
>>files use a lot of them. RStudio makes using roxygen to generate Rd
>>files easy, though raw Rd files aren't that bad. Keep in mind that you
>>will probably end up learning a bit of Rd syntax even if you preprocess
>>with roxygen, so don't be shy about diving in to section 2 of the
>>"Writing R Extensions" documentation.
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>>>On December 5, 2014 1:12:36 PM PST, PO SU <rhelpmaillist at 163.com>
>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Dear expeRts,
>>>>  I know we can build a vignette from .Rmd file, but  i find a lot of
>>r
>>>>packages have R topic documented words then followed an index, then
>>>>functions'document which are already described in .RD files. I mean
>>>>that , i don't want to write a vignette , but rather using function
>>>>documents from .Rd files, how can i do?
>>>> TKS.
>>>> 
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