Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Hmmm, I see. This is all local. So there does not seem to be a way to make any > old R installation that loads the package initialize this functionality, so > that the help files will be correctly interlinked directly after "require" > or "library"? H

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hmmm, I see. This is all local. So there does not seem to be a way to make any old R installation that loads the package initialize this functionality, so that the help files will be correctly interlinked directly after "require" or "library"? How do other packages manage that? Joh On Monday 0

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Johannes Graumann wrote: > > > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >>> Using non-linked HTML file: style sheet and hyperlinks may be incorrect >>> - which is what happens ... how to switch to "linked HTML file"? >> >> It all works via help.start() (as I did say), at least in a reliable

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Graumann
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >> Using non-linked HTML file: style sheet and hyperlinks may be incorrect >> - which is what happens ... how to switch to "linked HTML file"? > > It all works via help.start() (as I did say), at least in a reliable R > front end. Running help.start() is how you set th

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >> So you are talking about the HTML conversion of your help (.Rd) file? >> (Links appear in other versions too.) >> >> The HTML links are intended to be used via help.start(), not directly, and >> I think you find it actual

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Graumann
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > So you are talking about the HTML conversion of your help (.Rd) file? > (Links appear in other versions too.) > > The HTML links are intended to be used via help.start(), not directly, and > I think you find it actually points to ../../base/html/data.frame.html, > which

Re: [R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to document this little package I'm working on and have the > following issue: > one of the man files (*.Rd) contains this bit > > \value{ > Returns a \code{\link[base]{data.frame}} representing the tabular data. > } > > The res

[R] Attempt at package documentation on debian: link to "data.frame" broken

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hello, I'm trying to document this little package I'm working on and have the following issue: one of the man files (*.Rd) contains this bit \value{ Returns a \code{\link[base]{data.frame}} representing the tabular data. } The resulting link is broken on my debian system. It points to "file://