similar to: Wishlist for promptPackage / index

From: Prof Brian Ripley > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Peter Ruckdeschel wrote: > > > Hi R-devels, > > > > in "Writing R extensions" as well as in the help > > to .onAttach(), you mention that one could > > use this function to issue a start-up message/banner > > for the package. > > > > My little wish for Easter: > > > > a

Dear R developers, if one uses package.skeleton() to create a new package, then a file anRpackage.Rd with the following entries is prepared: \name{anRpackage-package} \alias{anRpackage-package} \alias{anRpackage} \docType{package} Packages created this way have a definite entry or overview page, so: ?anRpackage gives new users of a certain package a pointer where to start reading. This is

Was looking at what was output for <pkgname>-package.Rd and wondered if any there was any means (via macro, etc) to merge some of the same information with a template for my package manpage? As much (all?) of the generated information was already provided in the DESCRIPTION, I'd prefer not to have to update the information in multiple places. I'm thinking here that I could provide a

Hi R-devels, in "Writing R extensions" as well as in the help to .onAttach(), you mention that one could use this function to issue a start-up message/banner for the package. My little wish for Easter: a 'quietly'-type argument for .onAttach() / .First.lib() which is passed through by functions require() and library() respectively, and by means of which one could optionally

Hi, I am having a problem building binary packages for Windows recently. Normally, I use the "Murdoch-Sutherland" tool set, http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ just build source packages by R CMD build <pkgname> and install these with R CMD INSTALL <pkgname> But now, for someone without having this tool set installed, under Win XP, with R-2.10dev

Hi all, When I install a new package, and don't yet know any function names, I have to play the "poor man's game" to get to the standard help system "Index" page for the package: Poor Man's Game -=20 Load new package;=20 issue search() command; find position (say N) of loaded package;=20 issue objects(pos =3D N) command; get name of a random function (san

On 04/08/2009 7:33 PM, Steven McKinney wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:03 AM >> To: Steven McKinney >> Cc: r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch; R-bugs at r-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Rd] Wishlist: Navigate to "Index" page of help when no >> topic

Hello, I'm trying to package some source files that link R to a broker using a Java API and the rJava package. I am successful doing the connection and operate on it using my R code. I would like to package the files and release the package. I created some S4 classes to hold several Java objects. I use WinXP and R 2.7.1. I've searched RSeek and the Wiki for help, but could not find a

Starting html help in the current version of R has a very annoying side-effect. It indiscriminantly removes $HOME/.R, and replaces it with a virgin copy. I discovered that when all of a sudden I got complaints about my startup "library" not being found. Below is a modified version of the script that doesn't do this. It is not perfect yet (it shouldn't try to recreate links

I am building a package for various noncentral hypergeometric distributions. I want to include some heavy mathematical formulas. It appears that the build and INSTALL commands produce only .chm files and not .pdf files from my .Rd files under Windows. This means that it cannot show complicated mathematical formulas. The solution might be to include a .pdf file as a vignette. I tried that,

I am building a package for various noncentral hypergeometric distributions. I want to include some heavy mathematical formulas. It appears that the build and INSTALL commands produce only .chm files and not .pdf files from my .Rd files under Windows. This means that it cannot show complicated mathematical formulas. The solution might be to include a .pdf file as a vignette. I tried that,

Hello All, I have a Linux computer and do all of my work from it. However, I teach also, which means that many of my students use windows. Hence, I need to create packages that work under windows as well as Linux. I have tried to follow the directions at http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/cross-build.pdf which is the document "Building Microsoft Windows Versions of R and R packages

[Env: Win Xp] Is there any options() setting or call to help() or help.start() that will allow me to view a help file for a package built under R 2.10.x under R 2.9.2? I'm using both R 2.9.2 and R 2.10.1, but prefer the former because the CHM help is so much easier to use. Yet, if I install a package built for R 2.10.x, I can't find *any* way to display a help file in this package.

Hi, just a little wish : Could we have one (or maybe more) standardized optional tag(s) for package DESCRIPTION files to cover svn revision info? This would be very useful for bug reporting... I know that any developer is already free to append corresponding lines to DESCRIPTION files to do something of this sort --- e.g. lines like LastChangedDate: {$LastChangedDate: 2009-03-31 $}

Full_Name: Allan Stokes Version: 2.8.1 OS: XP Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245) I've just spent a hellish six hours trying to create my own R package with a bare bones "hello world" R function inside. I was able to create a package.tar.gz file eventually with much perseverance. My remaining problem is that when I try to install my simple package under RGui, it hangs.

Full_Name: Ben Goodrich Version: 2.6.1 OS: Debian Submission from: (NULL) (128.103.222.166) bzr is another version control system and adds a .bzr folder to the top-level directory of a package, similar to .svn and .git for subversion and git respectively. However, while R CMD build removes directories called .svn, .git, and some others, it does not remove .bzr . As a result, the .bzr folder is

Hello, When I run R CMD build --binary pkgname I get * checking for file 'pkgname/DESCRIPTION' ... OK * preparing 'pkgname': * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK * cleaning src * removing junk files * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files * checking for empty or unneeded directories * building binary distribution * installing *source* package

When I create a manual for a package that I create and use locally, e.g. via R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf foo where ``foo'' is the name of the directory containing the source for the package (also named ``foo'') the resulting manual does not appear to have an index. The package.pdf files appearing on CRAN all seem to have indices. What must I do to get an index appended to the

Hi All, I have recently created an Rcmdr plugin package and it passed all the checks and was uploaded to CRAN. I then downloaded it from CRAN and tried running it from my local R program and received this error: ... Error in f(libname, pkgname) : could not find function "getRcmdr" Error in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE) : .First.lib failed for 'RcmdrPlugin.MAc' In my

Hi, I apologize for this often/old question. I found some hints but couldn't solve the problem so far. I have C functions (incl. the header files) as well as the R wrapper functions which I want to use for faster calculations. These functions are included in a R package. The installation process seems to be ok (no errors). I also can load the package without errors. But when I call the