>>>>> "DM" == Duncan Murdoch <murd...@stats.uwo.ca>
>>>>> on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:07:13 -0400 writes:
DM> On 7/15/2009 9:47 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> I've just committed code that allows R to be built with support for
>> dynamic help pages using \Sexpr in Rd files. Define USE_NEW_HELP and
>> the R function tools:::.convertRdfiles will be used instead of the Perl
>> RdConv script, supporting \Sexpr and using the new R converters.
>>
>> Currently only text help has the macros evaluated when the user asks for
>> help; the others are rendered at install time. Hopefully HTML rendering
>> will also be in place before the 2.10.x release. I can't see how CHM
>> and Latex help pages would ever be dynamic. Build time evaluation of
>> \Sexpr macros is not yet supported.
>>
>> The only man page currently containing \Sexpr is ?tools::Rd2HTML.
DM> This message may be a little premature: the USE_NEW_HELP setting only
DM> affects base packages so far. I'll see if I can get R CMD INSTALL
DM> working too, but it might take a while....
DM> Duncan Murdoch
In any case, it's great to see your work progressing in these
directions. I expect this will have great potential indeed.
Thank you very much!
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
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