R devel - Feb 2011 - Sexpr problem

Hi.

I am having difficulty  making \Sexpr work as desired.
 Specifically, the pdf and the text  versions of the help system
differ, and I can't reproduce the example on page 63 of
the R Journal article by  Murdoch and Urbanek (Vol 1/2,
December 2009).

Is there an example package that I could examine for Best Practice?

thanks



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Robin Hankin
Uncertainty Analyst
hankin.robin at gmail.com

On 25/02/2011 12:16 AM, robin hankin wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am having difficulty  making \Sexpr work as desired.
>   Specifically, the pdf and the text  versions of the help system
> differ, and I can't reproduce the example on page 63 of
> the R Journal article by  Murdoch and Urbanek (Vol 1/2,
> December 2009).
>
> Is there an example package that I could examine for Best Practice?

We use \Sexpr in only a couple of places currently:  in the NEWS.Rd 
files (which are treated differently than other .Rd files), and in the 
tools package where it is illustrated (see ?tools::Rd2HTML; the last few 
lines of the note are generated using \Sexpr).

If you put together a simple .Rd file that shows the difference you're 
seeing, I'll take a look.

Duncan Murdoch