Message-ID: <9bd51852-7751-94cc-e895-7f8eab24f988@effectivedefense.org>
Date: 2022-06-13T19:31:56Z
From: Spencer Graves
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] Rd cross-references ... NOTE, Undeclared packages ... in Rd xrefs
In-Reply-To: <20220613222204.0859500e@Tarkus>
On 6/13/22 2:22 PM, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:59:24 -0500
> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> wrote:
>
>> I probably should have just used "Suggests" and not
>> bothered this list with this issue.
>
> Why not use the \link{foo} form and let the HTML help system resolve
> the link at run time? Is it considered bad form to use unqualified
> links to help pages in other packages?
>
The problem is that \link{foo} cannot distinguish between
\link[a]{foo} and \link[b]{foo}. Using "Suggests" sounds to me more
like how how the R Core and CRAN teams probably think the system should
work.
But Duncan or someone else may think differently.
Thanks, Spencer