On 16/10/2007 7:46 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:> I'm getting an anomalous result from using the itemize command in a
> documentation
> file. My usage is something like
>
> \itemize{
> \item Melvin
> \item Irving
> \item Clyde
> \item Fred
> }
>
> (This was place inside ``\details{ }''.)
I just pasted that into an existing .Rd file, I think on the same
platform as you report below, and it worked fine. Could you put the
full .Rd file online somewhere? It may be some other problem that is
just showing up here.
Duncan Murdoch
> (Previously I had enclosed the text following each item in braces but
> that gave
> even worse results.)
>
> The package appears to install OK; i.e. the command
>
> R CMD INSTALL foo
>
> runs without complaint. But when I start R, load package ``foo''
and
> ask
> for help on the object whose *.Rd file contains the itemize command I
> get a
> string ``.in +3'' at the point where the \itemize command was
placed.
>
> I have found one message (dated 9 Aug 2006) from Christian Hennig
> describing
> problems with \itemize but there appear to have been no responses to his
> posting.
>
> Can anybody suggest how one might fix the anomaly?
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
> P. S. R version information:
>
> > version
> _
> platform i386-apple-darwin8.10.1
> arch i386
> os darwin8.10.1
> system i386, darwin8.10.1
> status
> major 2
> minor 6.0
> year 2007
> month 10
> day 03
> svn rev 43063
> language R
> version.string R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
>
>
>
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