[R-pkg-devel] Vignette build problem on winbuilder devel only

2017-09-30 Thread Driver, Charles
Hi, I can't find anything in the R devel NEWS that would explain this warning that occurs when building with the devel version on winbuilder: " Warning: running command '"D:\compiler\texmf\miktex\bin\texify.exe" --quiet --pdf "hierarchical.tex" --max-iterations=20 -I "D:/RCompile/recent/R/share/

[R-pkg-devel] Appropriate usage of 'Suggests' -- package installed conditional on other software not found

2019-10-03 Thread Driver, Charles
I have a function that outputs / compiles some latex. To do this I use Sys.which('pdflatex') and if nothing is found, prompt the user whether to install tinytex package. So, normally I understand the use of 'Suggests' in the package description to be for when there are only certain functions / t

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Appropriate usage of 'Suggests' -- package installed conditional on other software not found

2019-10-03 Thread Driver, Charles
inytex') ){ install.packages('tinytex') requireNamespace('tinytex') #can perhaps leave this line out? tinytex::install_tinytex() } } Cheers, Charles From: Dirk Eddelbuettel Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:45:20 PM To: Fo