(and the refman.pdf is not in the ../manual directory)
No, but it is made in the INSTALL process: see the R-admin manual.
As that page says:
1) The reference manual is now only in PDF.
2) The search facilities are where that page says they are (and have
always been). They were *not* on the page which listed all functions.
Ok, we're figuring it out (hadn't needed stuff like pdftex before);
thanks again for belaboring what we should have noticed.
Two other points: SetupR.exe for win did not appear to contain
refman.pdf. Finally, the functional structure of help through the