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Easier ways to create .Rd files?

Greg Snow

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:46 AM

For the initial .Rd file look at the 'prompt' function, it will create a basic .Rd file based on the current function definition with all the structure in place, then you go in and edit it to have more meaningful information.

Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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> project.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg
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> Subject: [R] Easier ways to create .Rd files?
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> R-helpers:
> 
> Are there any ways to auto-generate R-friendly (e.g. will pass a
> compilation check) .Rd files given a set of .R code?  How about GUIs
> that help properly format the .Rd files?  Thanks!  I want a basic set
> of .Rd files that I can update as I go, but as with most things my
> documentation typically lags behind my coding by a few days.
> 
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