Friedrich Leisch wrote: >>>>>>On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:57:54 -0400, >>>>>>Kuhn, Max (KM) wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have a package that I'd like to submit to CRAN that does Sweave-like > > processing on Open Document format files from Open Office. > > Sounds very interesting! > > > > If I remember correctly, there is a machine that automatically R CMD > > checks CRAN packages. I have two questions about how that system is set > > up: > > > 1. Is the bitmap device available? The example produces a file using > > this device and I'd like it to pass R CMD check on your system (as it > > does on my machines). > > Yes, at leats for the main check machine (running Debian Linux). I > cannot speak for the Windows and MacOS checks, but I don't see why > ghostscript shouldn't be available there, too.
For Windows, it is available. > > 2. Are there any restrictions on the Latex packages called in the > > vignette? This is not a big deal, but it would be good to know how much > > flexibility I have in producing that document. > > > We do not run latex on the vignette (this *is* documented), > only the R code is checked. The reason is exactly your question: Latex > is to heterogenous to assume we have all packages the author of a > vignette has, and we do not want to limit the typesetting. Let me add: The PDF is generated at the package's "R CMD build" time. Uwe > HTH, > Fritz > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
