R help - Apr 2002 - Organizing the help files in a package

Dear all!!

I am using R1.4.1 on windows 98.
I had been trying to organize the package and has already been able to
document some of the functions in to .Rd (R documentation) files. From these
.Rd files I generated plain text files as well as html files.
I have also given the 00Index file in each of the directories:
html/
help/
data/
man/

Problem: I don't get the help using comand "help" after loading
the package
using library command. Some how the html index gets updated and the help is
available in the link of packages in html help pages.

I tried using the command:
> Rcmd build,
gives the following error
* checking for file `pubbias/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing `pubbias':
* checking whether `INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
* checking whether `data/00Index' is up-to-date ... O
* removing junk files
* building `pubbias_1.0.tar.gz'
Bad command or file name
Bad command or file name

So I organized it mannually to pubbias.zip.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you,
-Jagadish
Jagadish Rangrej ( Statistician )
CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
613-7383951



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"Rangrej, Jagadish" wrote:
> 
> Dear all!!
> 
> I am using R1.4.1 on windows 98.
> I had been trying to organize the package and has already been able to
> document some of the functions in to .Rd (R documentation) files. From
these
> .Rd files I generated plain text files as well as html files.
That will be done automatically by Rcmd INSTALL (for an already builded
package) and is not needed before Rcmd BUILD.

> I have also given the 00Index file in each of the directories:
> html/
> help/
> data/
> man/
The first two are not needed, but a directory called "R" is missing
which should contain your *.R files.

 
> Problem: I don't get the help using comand "help" after
loading the package
> using library command. Some how the html index gets updated and the help is
> available in the link of packages in html help pages.
> 
> I tried using the command:
> > Rcmd build,
> gives the following error
> * checking for file `pubbias/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing `pubbias':
> * checking whether `INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
> * checking whether `data/00Index' is up-to-date ... O
> * removing junk files
> * building `pubbias_1.0.tar.gz'
> Bad command or file name
> Bad command or file name
> 
> So I organized it mannually to pubbias.zip.
> 
> any help will be greatly appreciated.
Do you have installed all the tools needed to build a package?


For details please read the manual "Writing R Extensions".


Uwe Ligges
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Hi Uwe!!!

thanks for the reply,

I have two question:
1. I am getting error of "bad command.." when I run:
   C:\......>rcmd install pubbias
      done till contians
      making ....
      Bad command or file name
      ...else part..   

   Which I found out, is due to "make" command, I suppose my
computer(win
98)
   does not have make facility... where can i get that, if not can i 
   have any workaround method for it.

2. I have installed full binary of R1.4.1 for "developers..", I
suppose
   the way it forms the zipped file is some what looks like unix type
   .tar.gz, I don't have tar appln in my machine, what should I do ?


I'd appreciate any pointers too...
thanking you and all,
-jag


   
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:52 AM
> To: Rangrej, Jagadish
> Cc: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Organizing the help files in a package
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Rangrej, Jagadish" wrote:
> > 
> > Dear all!!
> > 
> > I am using R1.4.1 on windows 98.
> > I had been trying to organize the package and has already 
> been able to
> > document some of the functions in to .Rd (R documentation) 
> files. From these
> > .Rd files I generated plain text files as well as html files.
> 
> That will be done automatically by Rcmd INSTALL (for an 
> already builded
> package) and is not needed before Rcmd BUILD.
> 
> 
> > I have also given the 00Index file in each of the directories:
> > html/
> > help/
> > data/
> > man/
> 
> The first two are not needed, but a directory called "R" is
missing
> which should contain your *.R files.
> 
>  
> > Problem: I don't get the help using comand "help" after 
> loading the package
> > using library command. Some how the html index gets updated 
> and the help is
> > available in the link of packages in html help pages.
> > 
> > I tried using the command:
> > > Rcmd build,
> > gives the following error
> > * checking for file `pubbias/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> > * preparing `pubbias':
> > * checking whether `INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
> > * checking whether `data/00Index' is up-to-date ... O
> > * removing junk files
> > * building `pubbias_1.0.tar.gz'
> > Bad command or file name
> > Bad command or file name
> > 
> > So I organized it mannually to pubbias.zip.
> > 
> > any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Do you have installed all the tools needed to build a package?
> 
> 
> For details please read the manual "Writing R Extensions".
> 
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
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Hello all

thanks to Uwe for helping me resolve the issue of organizing help files.
Though the solution didn't work on Win98 it worked on win2000.

once again thanks to everybody who thought over the issue.

-Jag
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:00 PM
> To: Rangrej, Jagadish
> Cc: r-help
> Subject: Re: [R] Organizing the help files in a package
> 
> 
> "Rangrej, Jagadish" wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Uwe!!!
> > 
> > thanks for the reply,
> > 
> > I have two question:
> > 1. I am getting error of "bad command.." when I run:
> >    C:\......>rcmd install pubbias
> >       done till contians
> >       making ....
> >       Bad command or file name
> >       ...else part..
> > 
> >    Which I found out, is due to "make" command, I suppose 
> my computer(win
> > 98)
> >    does not have make facility... where can i get that, if not can i
> >    have any workaround method for it.
> > 
> > 2. I have installed full binary of R1.4.1 for 
> "developers..", I suppose
> >    the way it forms the zipped file is some what looks like 
> unix type
> >    .tar.gz, I don't have tar appln in my machine, what should I do
?
> > 
> > I'd appreciate any pointers too...
> > thanking you and all,
> > -jag
> 
> Answer on both question as already mentioned: 
> "For details please read the manual 'Writing R
Extensions'".
> 
> What tools you'll need on Windows is also described at:
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/
> You should also take a look into the files "Install",
"readme" and
> "readme.packages" in the ....\src\gnuwin32\  directory.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
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