Message-ID: <17534.39062.892847.491581@lxh5.stat.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: 2006-06-01T07:34:46Z
From: Friedrich Leisch
Subject: Bitmap device available for R CMD check?
In-Reply-To: <71257D09F114DA4A8E134DEAC70F25D3053486CE@groamrexm03.amer.pfizer.com>
>>>>> On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:57:54 -0400,
>>>>> Kuhn, Max (KM) wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a package that I'd like to submit to CRAN that does Sweave-like
> processing on Open Document format files from Open Office.
Sounds very interesting!
> If I remember correctly, there is a machine that automatically R CMD
> checks CRAN packages. I have two questions about how that system is set
> up:
> 1. Is the bitmap device available? The example produces a file using
> this device and I'd like it to pass R CMD check on your system (as it
> does on my machines).
Yes, at leats for the main check machine (running Debian Linux). I
cannot speak for the Windows and MacOS checks, but I don't see why
ghostscript shouldn't be available there, too.
> 2. Are there any restrictions on the Latex packages called in the
> vignette? This is not a big deal, but it would be good to know how much
> flexibility I have in producing that document.
We do not run latex on the vignette (this *is* documented),
only the R code is checked. The reason is exactly your question: Latex
is to heterogenous to assume we have all packages the author of a
vignette has, and we do not want to limit the typesetting.
HTH,
Fritz
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