CRAN task views: markdown? better .CSS?
See this page by Barry Rowlingson: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2012-February/063338.html Given that CRAN maintainers do not even use JavaScript, I bet CSS does not matter either; plain text is plain good. Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Michael Friendly <friendly at yorku.ca> wrote:
CRAN task views are useful, but they seem difficult to write and maintain because the XML format is rather limited (no sectioning) and the <packagelist> must be maintained manually. They are also difficult to read because the generated html and .css used are extremely basic, giving an overly dense page. Are there any markdown-like tools for writing a CTV? Is it possible to apply a custom .css to a CTV? -Michael -- Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca Professor, Psychology Dept. & Chair, Quantitative Methods York University Voice: 416 736-2100 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 4700 Keele Street Web: http://www.datavis.ca Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA