The OP clearly hasn't followed the excellent documentation... this is not a maintainer problem. It is the act of printing the completed object that puts a file on disk. However, the package author recommends in the README that help be requested from stackoverflow, as the mailing list Posting Guidelines do warn that contributed packages are not technically on topic in R-help. (Simply from a practicality standpoint... there are thousands of them, each with potentially voluminous details to distract from the R language itself.) On April 8, 2020 10:08:09 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:>But the OP explicitly notes that the read_docx package does *not* write >files and asks whether there are *other* packages or functions that >provide >that functionality. It still seems to me that the ReporteR maintainer >might >be the best place to go for that info, although there is certainly no >assurance that he can provide it. > >Bert > >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff Newmiller ><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> >wrote: > >> But before hassling the maintainer the OP should read the package >> vignettes and run some examples... read_docx does not write to any >files, >> so complaining that it doesn't will be fruitless. >> >> On April 8, 2020 9:31:41 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >This sounds like the sort of specialized question that should be >> >directed >> >to the maintainer (?maintainer) rather than to a general Help list >such >> >as >> >this. >> > >> >Bert Gunter >> > >> >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming >along >> >and >> >sticking things into it." >> >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >> > >> > >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM A Biologist ><jeremyclarkbio at gmail.com> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> Mac Catalina - R 3.6.3 - all up-to-date packages. >> >> I would like to re-create the functionality which was found in the >> >package >> >> {ReporteRs} by creating a .docx file in a folder on my computer >from >> >within >> >> R - which can subsequently be used by the {officer} function >> >read_docx. >> >> The function read_docx on my system does NOT create a new >document, >> >and >> >> neither does the following code: >> >> new.word.doc=function(){ report = read_docx(path ..name.. >".docx")) >> >> return(report) } >> >> doc=new.word.doc() >> >> >> >> I can use {base} file.create to create a file with an extension >.docx >> >- but >> >> apparently this is not a .docx file - and read_docx can't read it. >> >> Is there another R package or function which I can use in order to >> >create >> >> (and then close the link to R so that it can be used by another >> >package) a >> >> .docx file ? >> >> >> >> Many thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> >______________________________________________ >> >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >>-- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
However, the Reporters github page clearly says that the package has been removed from CRAN and it has been replaced by the officer package. Note that ReporteRs has been removed from CRAN the 16th of July 2018 and is not maintained anymore. please migrate to officer. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/officer/index.html Paul On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 18:22, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:> > The OP clearly hasn't followed the excellent documentation... this is not a maintainer problem. It is the act of printing the completed object that puts a file on disk. > > However, the package author recommends in the README that help be requested from stackoverflow, as the mailing list Posting Guidelines do warn that contributed packages are not technically on topic in R-help. (Simply from a practicality standpoint... there are thousands of them, each with potentially voluminous details to distract from the R language itself.) > > On April 8, 2020 10:08:09 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote: > >But the OP explicitly notes that the read_docx package does *not* write > >files and asks whether there are *other* packages or functions that > >provide > >that functionality. It still seems to me that the ReporteR maintainer > >might > >be the best place to go for that info, although there is certainly no > >assurance that he can provide it. > > > >Bert > > > >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff Newmiller > ><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> > >wrote: > > > >> But before hassling the maintainer the OP should read the package > >> vignettes and run some examples... read_docx does not write to any > >files, > >> so complaining that it doesn't will be fruitless. > >> > >> On April 8, 2020 9:31:41 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> >This sounds like the sort of specialized question that should be > >> >directed > >> >to the maintainer (?maintainer) rather than to a general Help list > >such > >> >as > >> >this. > >> > > >> >Bert Gunter > >> > > >> >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming > >along > >> >and > >> >sticking things into it." > >> >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > >> > > >> > > >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM A Biologist > ><jeremyclarkbio at gmail.com> > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> Dear All, > >> >> > >> >> Mac Catalina - R 3.6.3 - all up-to-date packages. > >> >> I would like to re-create the functionality which was found in the > >> >package > >> >> {ReporteRs} by creating a .docx file in a folder on my computer > >from > >> >within > >> >> R - which can subsequently be used by the {officer} function > >> >read_docx. > >> >> The function read_docx on my system does NOT create a new > >document, > >> >and > >> >> neither does the following code: > >> >> new.word.doc=function(){ report = read_docx(path ..name.. > >".docx")) > >> >> return(report) } > >> >> doc=new.word.doc() > >> >> > >> >> I can use {base} file.create to create a file with an extension > >.docx > >> >- but > >> >> apparently this is not a .docx file - and read_docx can't read it. > >> >> Is there another R package or function which I can use in order to > >> >create > >> >> (and then close the link to R so that it can be used by another > >> >package) a > >> >> .docx file ? > >> >> > >> >> Many thanks in advance. > >> >> > >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> >> > >> >> ______________________________________________ > >> >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> >> > >> > > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > >> >______________________________________________ > >> >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Indeed, replacing ReporteRs functionality was the topic of this thread. I know... it can be a bit much to read an entire thread, but reading is needed if you want to avoid non-sequitur, especially when the thread was not on topic for this mailing list to begin with. On April 15, 2020 10:33:05 AM PDT, Paul Bivand <paul.bivand at gmail.com> wrote:>However, the Reporters github page clearly says that the package has >been removed from CRAN and it has been replaced by the officer >package. > >Note that ReporteRs has been removed from CRAN the 16th of July 2018 >and is not maintained anymore. please migrate to officer. > >https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/officer/index.html > >Paul > > >On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 18:22, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> >wrote: >> >> The OP clearly hasn't followed the excellent documentation... this is >not a maintainer problem. It is the act of printing the completed >object that puts a file on disk. >> >> However, the package author recommends in the README that help be >requested from stackoverflow, as the mailing list Posting Guidelines do >warn that contributed packages are not technically on topic in R-help. >(Simply from a practicality standpoint... there are thousands of them, >each with potentially voluminous details to distract from the R >language itself.) >> >> On April 8, 2020 10:08:09 AM PDT, Bert Gunter ><bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >But the OP explicitly notes that the read_docx package does *not* >write >> >files and asks whether there are *other* packages or functions that >> >provide >> >that functionality. It still seems to me that the ReporteR >maintainer >> >might >> >be the best place to go for that info, although there is certainly >no >> >assurance that he can provide it. >> > >> >Bert >> > >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff Newmiller >> ><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> But before hassling the maintainer the OP should read the package >> >> vignettes and run some examples... read_docx does not write to any >> >files, >> >> so complaining that it doesn't will be fruitless. >> >> >> >> On April 8, 2020 9:31:41 AM PDT, Bert Gunter ><bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >This sounds like the sort of specialized question that should be >> >> >directed >> >> >to the maintainer (?maintainer) rather than to a general Help >list >> >such >> >> >as >> >> >this. >> >> > >> >> >Bert Gunter >> >> > >> >> >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming >> >along >> >> >and >> >> >sticking things into it." >> >> >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip >) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM A Biologist >> ><jeremyclarkbio at gmail.com> >> >> >wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> >> >> Mac Catalina - R 3.6.3 - all up-to-date packages. >> >> >> I would like to re-create the functionality which was found in >the >> >> >package >> >> >> {ReporteRs} by creating a .docx file in a folder on my computer >> >from >> >> >within >> >> >> R - which can subsequently be used by the {officer} function >> >> >read_docx. >> >> >> The function read_docx on my system does NOT create a new >> >document, >> >> >and >> >> >> neither does the following code: >> >> >> new.word.doc=function(){ report = read_docx(path ..name.. >> >".docx")) >> >> >> return(report) } >> >> >> doc=new.word.doc() >> >> >> >> >> >> I can use {base} file.create to create a file with an extension >> >.docx >> >> >- but >> >> >> apparently this is not a .docx file - and read_docx can't read >it. >> >> >> Is there another R package or function which I can use in order >to >> >> >create >> >> >> (and then close the link to R so that it can be used by another >> >> >package) a >> >> >> .docx file ? >> >> >> >> >> >> Many thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, >see >> >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >> >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible >code. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> > >> >> >______________________________________________ >> >> >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible >code. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.