R devel - Oct 2010 - S4 class help pages [Sec=Unclassified]

Hi,

I am working on producing an R package containing mostly S4 classes and methods.
I have generated and filled out all the necessary .Rd files but find that once
installed I am unable to access help pages for the classes using the
?package::classname-class syntax that is suggested when using the ?? apropos
search.  This lists my package classes and the class help pages.  Instead, the
"Arithmetic Operators" help page is always loaded.  I can load the
pages I want via links like \linkS4class{classname} in my package help page.

I have played with a couple of other packages and see the same problem.  Is
there a different syntax to access these S4 class help pages rather than
?package::classname-class?

Thanks

Troy


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On 04/10/2010 12:14 AM, Troy Robertson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on producing an R package containing mostly S4 classes and
methods.
> I have generated and filled out all the necessary .Rd files but find that
once installed I am unable to access help pages for the classes using the
?package::classname-class syntax that is suggested when using the ?? apropos
search.  This lists my package classes and the class help pages.  Instead, the
"Arithmetic Operators" help page is always loaded.  I can load the
pages I want via links like \linkS4class{classname} in my package help page.
>
> I have played with a couple of other packages and see the same problem.  Is
there a different syntax to access these S4 class help pages rather than
?package::classname-class?
The problem is the parsing:  that is parsed as `?`(stats4::mle - class), 
i.e. there's a subtraction there, not a name with a hyphen in it.  So 
you're seeing help on subtraction.

You can get what you want with class?stats4::mle.

I'll see if I can fix the advice from ??.

Duncan Murdoch
> Thanks
>
> Troy
>
>
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