Simply using Rtangle("file.Rnw") gives the following error message in R-2.3.1. It used to work fine with the earlier versions of R. > Rtangle("qtlbim.Rnw") Error in Rtangle("qtlbim.Rnw") : unused argument(s) ( ...) > RtangleSetup(file="qtlbim.Rnw",output="qtlbim.R") Writing to file qtlbim.R Error in RtangleSetup(file = "qtlbim.Rnw", output = "qtlbim.R") : argument "syntax" is missing, with no default --------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]]