"R CMD Rd2txt" generate "_^H" for in all section titles
Thank you. Great help! Given your information, we can generate text files without _^H with the following command: echo "tools::Rd2txt(\"$input_file\", out=\"$output_file\", options=list(underline_titles=FALSE))" | R --no-save It's kind tedious though. I'm just curious. Which text editor can actually display _^H correct? I normally use vim. I also tried gedit. I even tried a web browser (chrome). Da
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:29 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
On Nov 13, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Zheng Da wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to generate plain text from the .Rd files. I run "R CMD Rd2txt xx.Rd -o xx.txt" to get the plain text file. When I open the text file, I see "_^H" in front of each character in all section titles. I can't figure out where the problem is. If I don't specify -o argument, "R CMD Rd2txt" prints on the standard output correctly. What should I do to output everything correctly to a file?
I think your (unstated) editor is displaying backspaces with ^H. The Section Header convention in Rd files is with interspersed underscores so they look like: _ D_ e_ s_ c_ r_ i_ p_ t_ i_ o_ n: The ^H's are apparently being put in to "erase" or squeeze together the text separated by <underscores> and your editor is not handling it in the manner expected.
Thanks, Da
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