The link https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm is stable (and given at the bottom of the CRAN page. Jeff is right that adding vignettes/bssm.pdf to it is not guaranteed in any way.
GB -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Graves [mailto:spencer.gra...@effectivedefense.org] Sent: 01 September 2019 16:33 To: Georgi Boshnakov; Jeff Newmiller; r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] URL of a frame (or a vignette)? What's the difference between https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm/vignettes/bssm.pdf and https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bssm/vignettes/bssm.pdf When I tried the former, it automatically changed to the latter. Is the former considered to be more stable? Thanks, Spencer On 2019-09-01 10:13, Georgi Boshnakov wrote: > Correction: > > https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm/vignettes/bssm.pdf > > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-package-devel [mailto:r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Georgi Boshnakov > Sent: 01 September 2019 15:57 > To: Spencer Graves; Jeff Newmiller; r-package-devel@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] URL of a frame (or a vignette)? > > It may be better to use the canonical url, > https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm, as in: > > https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm/bssm.pdf > > By the way, the vignettes for an installed package can be found by > > vignette(package="bssm") > > or > > help(package="bssm", help_type = "html") > > The latter has the advantage that it present links in a browser even if by > default the help is presented in text mode. > > > Georgi Boshnakov > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-package-devel [mailto:r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Spencer Graves > Sent: 01 September 2019 15:42 > To: Jeff Newmiller; r-package-devel@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] URL of a frame (or a vignette)? > > Hi, Jeff: > > > That's what I needed. I clicked on the vignette I wanted and got > the following: > > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bssm/vignettes/bssm.pdf > > > Thanks, > Spencer Graves > > > On 2019-09-01 09:37, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> Wouldn't you just refer to [1] or one of the links mentioned there? >> >> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/package=bssm >> >> On September 1, 2019 7:22:43 AM PDT, Spencer Graves >> <spencer.gra...@effectivedefense.org> wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> >>> How can I get a URL for a frame? >>> >>> >>> Specifically, I want a URL that I can cite for the "bssm: >>> Bayesian Inference of Non-linear and >>> Non-Gaussian State Space Models in R" vignette in the bssm package on >>> CRAN. If the package is installed, it's available there as >>> "bssm.pdf". >>> However, I want to include it in an RMarkdown vignette I'm writing, and >>> >>> I'd rather not force the reader to be on a computer with the package >>> installed -- and force myself to figure out a way to find it in that >>> case, if that can even be done. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Spencer Graves >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
