to answer my own question.
I did not find out what knit2pdf is good for
but rmarkdown::render does the job.
regards
On 26 August 2015 at 11:46, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using from within R-studio and the .Rmd file builds nicely.
>
> However, when I try to compile the fiel using :
>
> knit2pdf( "specL.Rmd",
output=file.path("res.12345","specL.pdf") )
> I am getting tex errors (see below). When I wan't to check what's
wrong I
> can't find the tex file.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> PS: Errors:
>
> |.............................................................. | 95%
>
> label: writepepProt
>
> |.................................................................| 100%
>
> ordinary text without R code
>
>
>
> *output file: res.12345/specL.pdf*
>
>
> *Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,
> : *
>
> * Running 'texi2dvi' on 'specL.pdf' failed.*
>
> *LaTeX errors:*
>
> *! Missing $ inserted.*
>
> *<inserted text> *
>
> * $*
>
> *<to be read again> *
>
> * _*
>
> *! Missing $ inserted.*
>
> *<inserted text> *
>
> * $*
>
> *<to be read again> *
>
> * \par *
>
> *! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.*
>
> *l.15 #*
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Witold Eryk Wolski
>
>
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