Just for the record, I don't see that error with 2.15.0 or with
R-Devel 60040-someodd. Both display
> foo <- function(x) cat(x, "\n")
> prompt(name = "foo")
Created file named ?foo.Rd?.
Edit the file and move it to the appropriate directory.
Best,
Michael
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Roebuck <paul_roebuck at
comcast.net> wrote:>> ?prompt
> [SNIP]
> ## Create a help file for each function in the .GlobalEnv:
> for(f in ls()) if(is.function(get(f))) prompt(name = f)
>
>> foo <- function(x) { cat(x, '\n')}
>> prompt(name="foo")
> Error in utils:::prompt(object, filename = filename, name = name, ...) :
> argument "object" is missing, with no default
>> version
> platform x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0
> arch x86_64
> os darwin9.8.0
> system x86_64, darwin9.8.0
> status Patched
> major 2
> minor 15.1
> year 2012
> month 07
> day 05
> svn rev 59734
> language R
> version.string R version 2.15.1 Patched (2012-07-05 r59734)
> nickname Roasted Marshmallows
>
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