R devel - Dec 2008 - Warning: missing text for item ... in \describe?

Hello: 

      What might be the problem generating messages like "Warning: 
missing text for item ... in \describe" with "R CMD check" and
"R CMD
install"? 

      With the current version of "fda" on R-Forge, I get the
following:


Warning: missing text for item 'fd' in \describe
Warning: missing text for item 'fdPar' in \describe


      I found a where someone else asked about essentially this warning 
message, but I didn't find a reply.  I also found that 
"https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm" is coded to
issue such messages.  However, I still don't know what I'm doing to 
generate it. 

      Thanks in advance for any suggestions. 

      Best Wishes,
      Spencer

G'day Spencer,

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:31:54 -0800
Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:
> Hello: 
> 
>       What might be the problem generating messages like "Warning: 
> missing text for item ... in \describe" with "R CMD check"
and "R CMD
> install"? 
> 
>       With the current version of "fda" on R-Forge, I get the
> following: 
> 
> 
> Warning: missing text for item 'fd' in \describe
> Warning: missing text for item 'fdPar' in \describe
fRegress.Rd, which contains

\item{fd} { ...
\item{fdPar} {...

Apparently the space between the closing and the opening bracket leads
to some confusion; remove the space and the warning goes away.

I am not sure why an extra space here leads to problems, would be nicer
if it would not.  If it have to lead to a problem, then it would be
nice if the name of the .Rd files that produces the problem is actually
mentioned. :)

Don't ask me how I found this, let us just say that long live
find-grep-dired in emacs and perseverance (or should that be
stubbornness?) 

HTH.

Cheers,

	Berwin

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Hello:

	  For the record, I found the source of this warning:  I had an 
extraneous space in "\item{fd} {text}":  When I changed to 
"\item{fd}{text}", this warning disappeared.

	  Best Wishes,
	  Spencer

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      What might be the problem generating messages like "Warning:
missing text for item ... in \describe" with "R CMD check" and
"R CMD
install"?

      With the current version of "fda" on R-Forge, I get the
following:


Warning: missing text for item 'fd' in \describe
Warning: missing text for item 'fdPar' in \describe


      I found a where someone else asked about essentially this warning
message, but I didn't find a reply.  I also found that
"https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm" is coded to
issue such messages.  However, I still don't know what I'm doing to
generate it.

      Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

      Best Wishes,
      Spencer