Re: [R] package names in Latex

2010-08-09 Thread Arnaud Le Rouzic
When putting R package names in Latex, do we use \it or \em, please? As far as I know, the only difference between \it and \em is that \em words are unitalicized in an italics portion of the text, which is desirable in most cases. However, I am not sure that italics is the most common

Re: [R] package names in Latex

2010-08-09 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Erin Hodgess wrote: > Dear R People: > > When putting R package names in Latex, do we use \it or \em, please? > > Thanks, > Erin Erin, I may be missing something specific to your application, but for the R Journal, JSS and .Rd help files, p

Re: [R] package names in Latex

2010-08-09 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 09.08.2010 16:30, Erin Hodgess wrote: Dear R People: When putting R package names in Latex, do we use \it or \em, please? Thanks, Erin Depends. For example, the style guide of the Journal of Statistical Software asks you to use \pkg{} which is defined as \newcommand{\pkg}[1

[R] package names in Latex

2010-08-09 Thread Erin Hodgess
Dear R People: When putting R package names in Latex, do we use \it or \em, please? Thanks, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com