to answer my own question. I did not find out what knit2pdf is good for but rmarkdown::render does the job.
regards On 26 August 2015 at 11:46, Witold E Wolski <wewol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using from within R-studio and the .Rmd file builds nicely. > > However, when I try to compile the fiel using : > > knit2pdf( "specL.Rmd", output=file.path("res.12345","specL.pdf") ) > I am getting tex errors (see below). When I wan't to check what's wrong I > can't find the tex file. > Any ideas? > > Thank you > > > PS: Errors: > > |.............................................................. | 95% > > label: writepepProt > > |.................................................................| 100% > > ordinary text without R code > > > > *output file: res.12345/specL.pdf* > > > *Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet, > : * > > * Running 'texi2dvi' on 'specL.pdf' failed.* > > *LaTeX errors:* > > *! Missing $ inserted.* > > *<inserted text> * > > * $* > > *<to be read again> * > > * _* > > *! Missing $ inserted.* > > *<inserted text> * > > * $* > > *<to be read again> * > > * \par * > > *! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.* > > *l.15 #* > > > > > > > -- > Witold Eryk Wolski > > -- Witold Eryk Wolski [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.