You need to _intsall_ or _build_ the package on Unix. Those will generate
help files in various formats from the .Rd files.
I.e., on the Unix side, do:
R CMD build --binary misc
then ftp the output over to Windoze and install as usual.
HTH,
Andy
> From: Rolf Turner
>
> I'm mystified by a Windoze ``phenomenon'' which has just bitten
me.
>
> I have a laptop which boots either Windoze or Linux; I (sad to say)
> need the Windoze OS for teaching purposes. I have R 1.9.1 installed
> on the laptop in the Windoze OS.
>
> Just now I decided to install, under the Windoze version of R,
> a library (``Misc'') of some local functions that I have collected
> over the years. I just zipped up an installed Unix version of Misc
> (there is no compiled C or Fortran to make life complicated), ftp-ed
> the zip file to the Windoze-running laptop, started R, installed the
> package .... everything went like a dream.
>
> ***THEN*** I noticed a typo in one of the help files from Misc.
> So I decided to fix it.
>
> First try: Went to C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library\Misc\man
> and edited the file Misc.Rd, eliminating the typo. Restarted
> R, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- typo is still there.
>
> Second try: Fixed the typo in the Unix version, zipped it up again,
> ftp-ed it to the Windoze-running laptop, re-installed it. Restarted
> R, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- typo is still there.
>
> Third try: Deleted the Misc directory from
>
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library
>
> started R, tried to load Misc, got told no such package --- fine,
> it's gone. Stopped R, restarted, re-installed Misc. Checked on the
> file
>
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1091\library\Misc\man\Misc.Rd
>
> That file is fine; no typo in it.
>
> Re-started R again, loaded Misc, looked at the help --- the *#%#$#
> type is STILL there!!!
>
> Why is there a ghost Misc library hanging around? Where is it?
> How do I get rid of it?
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
> rolf at math.unb.ca
>
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