On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Dan Rabosky wrote: > >>> >>> I am assembling an R package (under Windows XP, R v.2.3) and have a very >>> basic question. Running R CMD build does not generate a pdf. R CMD >>> check generates a .dvi, but I cannot figure out how to automatically >>> create the pdf. I thought from reading the "writing r extensions' manual >>> that R CMD build was supposed to generate the pdf. I am having no >>> success using various permutations of the Rd2dvi and texi2dvi, and I'm a >>> bit frustrated. I have miktex 2.4, which should (I thought) have the >>> necessary pdftex tools to do this. Maybe it does; I definitely have >>> various directories named 'dvipdfm', 'pdftex', etc on my computer, but I >>> have no idea whether there might be a problem. >> >> You need to give a bit more detail. What is the .pdf being created >> from? What do things look like when you run a build? Does install work? > > I guess I'm not sure what the .pdf is being created from - I don't know how > this works. I assumed that my set of .Rd files from the man dir would > automatically be converted into .pdf, much like 'check' reads them into a > dvi document. When I run a build, I get an archive with all of my .R
[Assuming things which are not in the documentation is not a good idea.] > source files, the DESCRIPTION, the .Rd files, my datafiles, and any > documentation I've placed in inst/doc. When I install this from CMD, the > html help & chtml files compile, examples are copied from the /man > directory to their own .Rd files, and everything - to me - appears > OK. 'Install' from R CMD works with no problem - it warns me that my > 'examples' directory is empty, but it proceeds to create the examples from > my .Rd files anyway. > > I only get a .dvi manual when running 'check'. Yes, 'check' only checks that the latex can be compiled. It is not trying to create usable output for you: for that use R CMD Rd2dvi. E.g. for a PDF manual for package grDevices, use R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf .../library/grDevices which works for me. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
