R help - Jun 2010 - makign help files by hand

Can someone tell me how to make up (eg) a library's html help files 
by hand? I think I ought to be able to use RCMD Rdconv for this but 
(R-2.10.0, MS-win) when I type (in a dos session) "rdcmd rdconv 
--help" I get a message to the effect that a perl script rdconv can't 
be opened.

Can I do this from within R itself? And if so, how (in particular, 
what is the target file to be converted)?

Thanks!

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Philip A. Viton
City Planning, Ohio State University
275 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus OH 43210
viton.1 at osu.edu

On 09.06.2010 19:39, Philip A. Viton wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me how to make up (eg) a library's html help files by
> hand? I think I ought to be able to use RCMD Rdconv for this but
> (R-2.10.0, MS-win) when I type (in a dos session) "rdcmd rdconv
--help"
> I get a message to the effect that a perl script rdconv can't be
opened.
>
> Can I do this from within R itself? And if so, how (in particular, what
> is the target file to be converted)?
1. Please upgrade R. R-2.10.0 was the first version with a new help 
system, hence there are some corrections made in the meantime.

2. Please read the manual Writing R Extensions.

3. R is case sensitive which is important for the name of the script, 
hence please use "R CMD Rdconv". I do not have 2.10.0 installed 
anywhere, but at least since R-2.10.1, Rdconv.sh is a shell script 
rather than a perl script.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





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> City Planning, Ohio State University
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> viton.1 at osu.edu
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