You need to _intsall_ or _build_ the package on Unix. Those will generate help files in various formats from the .Rd files.
I.e., on the Unix side, do: R CMD build --binary misc then ftp the output over to Windoze and install as usual. HTH, Andy > From: Rolf Turner > > I'm mystified by a Windoze ``phenomenon'' which has just bitten me. > > I have a laptop which boots either Windoze or Linux; I (sad to say) > need the Windoze OS for teaching purposes. I have R 1.9.1 installed > on the laptop in the Windoze OS. > > Just now I decided to install, under the Windoze version of R, > a library (``Misc'') of some local functions that I have collected > over the years. I just zipped up an installed Unix version of Misc > (there is no compiled C or Fortran to make life complicated), ftp-ed > the zip file to the Windoze-running laptop, started R, installed the > package .... everything went like a dream. > > ***THEN*** I noticed a typo in one of the help files from Misc. > So I decided to fix it. > > First try: Went to C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library\Misc\man > and edited the file Misc.Rd, eliminating the typo. Restarted > R, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- typo is still there. > > Second try: Fixed the typo in the Unix version, zipped it up again, > ftp-ed it to the Windoze-running laptop, re-installed it. Restarted > R, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- typo is still there. > > Third try: Deleted the Misc directory from > > C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library > > started R, tried to load Misc, got told no such package --- fine, > it's gone. Stopped R, restarted, re-installed Misc. Checked on the > file > > C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library\Misc\man\Misc.Rd > > That file is fine; no typo in it. > > Re-started R again, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- the *#%#$# > type is STILL there!!! > > Why is there a ghost Misc library hanging around? Where is it? > How do I get rid of it? > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
