G'day all,
> "HW" == hadley wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> There aren't any immediate plans to change help(package=XXX), but I
>> think in the long run, if package?XXX receives wider support than it has
>> now, it would make sense to make that change.
HW> When was this
G'day all,
> "DM" == Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DM> On 2/24/2006 7:27 AM, Romain Francois wrote:
>>
>> What about using the latex package pdfpages to copy the pages from your
>> PDF file `interface96.pdf` to your Sweave file.
Merci beaucoup, I wasn't aware t
On 2/24/2006 11:42 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> > When was this form of package documentation created? How are users
>> > supposed to know it exists? I couldn't find any pointers to it from
>> > ?help, ?library or from help(package=XXX).
>>
>> It's described in the Writing R Extensions Manual, in
On 2/24/2006 9:29 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> No, there's no automatic building after the promptPackage call. It's up
>> to you to decide which functions need to be mentioned to users. In
>> large packages it usually doesn't make sense to list all the functions,
>> so the package writer needs to
Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>\usepackage{pdfpages}
> That's a nice hack. You probably want the "fitpaper" option on the
> \includepdf command, so that you don't get an extra border around the
> page. For example, this file test.Rnw
> The only disadvantages I see are that both the test.pdf and res
> No, there's no automatic building after the promptPackage call. It's up
> to you to decide which functions need to be mentioned to users. In
> large packages it usually doesn't make sense to list all the functions,
> so the package writer needs to use judgement here. There are other
> mechanis
On 2/24/2006 7:27 AM, Romain Francois wrote:
>
> What about using the latex package pdfpages to copy the pages from your
> PDF file `interface96.pdf` to your Sweave file. (I don't know if it is
> compatible with Sweave).
>
> Not tested :
>
> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> %\VignetteIndexEn
Le 24.02.2006 01:26, Berwin A Turlach a écrit :
> G'day all,
>
> seems as if I must have slept through most of this most interesting
> discussion. :)
>
>
>> "BR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>
> BR> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, hadley wickham wrote:
>
On 2/23/2006 10:02 PM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> They are meant to replace the INDEX, which you shouldn't need to create
>> any more. The DESCRIPTION file is still needed, but it contains more
>> structured information meant for mechanical reading and processing; the
>> package man page is meant to
I haven't followed this whole thread but note that if your
package is called mypkg then you can create an .Rd
file called mypkg-package.Rd which will be called up
when the user issues:
package?mypkg
and that can contain links to whatever you are
interested in.
Try
library(dyn)
package?dyn
for
> They are meant to replace the INDEX, which you shouldn't need to create
> any more. The DESCRIPTION file is still needed, but it contains more
> structured information meant for mechanical reading and processing; the
> package man page is meant to be the place to put things intended for
> people
On 2/23/2006 5:49 PM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> We were referring to an HTML index file. If you want to have a
>> reference from your package man page (foo-package.Rd) or some other man
>> page, you can use \url{../doc/my.pdf} and the link will work in HTML
>> versions of help, and won't be too mis
G'day all,
seems as if I must have slept through most of this most interesting
discussion. :)
> "BR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BR> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, hadley wickham wrote:
>> How can I write an index file with a pointer to my pdf? Should
>> I provide a c
> We were referring to an HTML index file. If you want to have a
> reference from your package man page (foo-package.Rd) or some other man
> page, you can use \url{../doc/my.pdf} and the link will work in HTML
> versions of help, and won't be too misleading in other versions
> (especially if you e
On 2/23/2006 4:23 PM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> I think you need to define `vignette'. I understand the usage to mean an
>> Sweave file. There are ways to include other PDF files, and you can write
>> your own index file. R can't do that for you as it cannot read PDF (it
>> can read Sweave).
>
>
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, hadley wickham wrote:
>> I think you need to define `vignette'. I understand the usage to mean an
>> Sweave file. There are ways to include other PDF files, and you can write
>> your own index file. R can't do that for you as it cannot read PDF (it
>> can read Sweave).
>
>
> I think you need to define `vignette'. I understand the usage to mean an
> Sweave file. There are ways to include other PDF files, and you can write
> your own index file. R can't do that for you as it cannot read PDF (it
> can read Sweave).
How can I write an index file with a pointer to my
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, hadley wickham wrote:
Is there anyway to have my pdf documentation listed under vignettes
other than making it a sweave file?
>>
>> No, a vignette is regarded as an Sweave file.
>
> It would be useful if there was a mechanism to allow arbitrary pdf
> files to be incl
> >> Is there anyway to have my pdf documentation listed under vignettes
> >> other than making it a sweave file?
>
> No, a vignette is regarded as an Sweave file.
It would be useful if there was a mechanism to allow arbitrary pdf
files to be included as vignettes. There are many other ways to
in
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 2/23/2006 11:53 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
>> Section 1.4 of Writing R Extensions says:
>>
>> In addition to the help files in Rd format, R packages allow the
>> inclusion of documents in arbitrary other formats. The standard
>> location for these is
On 2/23/2006 11:53 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
> Section 1.4 of Writing R Extensions says:
>
> In addition to the help files in Rd format, R packages allow the
> inclusion of documents in arbitrary other formats. The standard
> location for these is subdirectory inst/doc of a source package, the
> c
Section 1.4 of Writing R Extensions says:
In addition to the help files in Rd format, R packages allow the
inclusion of documents in arbitrary other formats. The standard
location for these is subdirectory inst/doc of a source package, the
contents will be copied to subdirectory doc when the packa
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