[R] Generating help files for a function

Bert Gunter bgunter.4567 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 16 16:08:40 CET 2017


... and please note for the future and in case Ben's reply does not suffice
that such queries should generally go to the r-package-devel mailing list.


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Bert



Bert Gunter

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On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 6:36 AM, Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you are using roxygen-style function documentation then why not use
> devtools::document()?
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> > On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:00 AM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I'm in the process of writing a package, and I'm using the lovely "R
> > Package" book as a guideline.
> >
> > However, in the midst of my work,  I discovered that I had omitted a
> > function and am now putting in it the package.  Not a problem.  But the
> > problem is the help file.  What is the best way to generate a help file
> > "after the fact" like that, please?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.  Hope everyone is enjoying various holidays.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Erin
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Department of Mathematical and Statistics
> > University of Houston - Downtown
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