Message-ID: <24325.29093.732066.164810@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Date: 2020-07-08T07:11:33Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] How do you Rd reference parallel::mclapply() so it works also on Windows?
In-Reply-To: <CAFDcVCRNxFY1XPQ2OXv3Ymnc34vgQzYmm9cdf7Xp_=4LABXq6w@mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> Henrik Bengtsson
>>>>> on Tue, 7 Jul 2020 18:11:00 -0700 writes:
> Here's another "Non-file package-anchored link(s) ..."
> issue. I'd like to reference parallel::mclapply() in my
> help pages. With the new R-devel requirements, you have
> to link to the file and not the topic. However, there is
> no cross-platform stable file reference for
> parallel::mclapply();
> # According to R on Linux
>> basename(help("mclapply", package="parallel"))
> [1] "mclapply"
> # According to R on Windows
>> basename(help("mclapply", package="parallel"))
> [1] "mcdummies"
Indeed, another example, why we should move away from the
'file' instead of 'topic' (<-> \alias{.}) paradigm and requirement.
I'm optimistic we will do that soonish ...
Apropos: Today starts the virtual [useR! 2020] conference with
an R-core Keynote and an R-core Panel for asking
questions :
https://user2020.r-project.org/program/agenda/
https://twitter.com/useR2020stl/status/1280655009714233346?s=20
Martin
> How can I provide a \link{} reference to the
> help("mclapply", package="parallel") documentation?
> Thanks,
> Henrik