Thanks guys. I should have updated all the packages first but forgot so
I will try that again tomorrow.
Michael
On 17/12/2025 16:57, Sebastian Meyer wrote:
Am 17.12.25 um 17:13 schrieb Deepayan Sarkar:
The cause of the problem is clear: If you look at the sources of
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/metap/refman/metap.html
you will see repeated instances of
<script id="MathJax-script" async
src="../../mathjaxr/doc/mathjax/es5/tex-chtml-full.js"></script>
which is invalid HTML.
I am not sure where this is coming from, because a recent update to
mathjaxr should have fixed this, and \mathjaxr is now supposed to
produce something different:
The issue is complicated by the simultaneous use of build-stage Rd
macros such as Rdpack's \insertAllCited. For such Rd pages,
tools::Rd_db("metap") contains the expression of the \loadmathjax
macro from when 'metap' was originally built (R CMD build). So it
doesn't help to re-install the new mathjaxr version -- 'metap' also
needs to be rebuilt with it.
?????Sebastian Meyer
I use the mathjaxr package to disply the formulae in my package. It has
been working for some while including in R 4.2.2. However when I
checked
a new version of the package (metap) in r-devel I get a Note which
starts
* checking HTML version of manual ... NOTE
Found the following HTML validation problems:
metap.html:553:1 (dat.metap.Rd:18): Warning: <script> anchor
"MathJax-script" already defined
and then carries on with the same warning for each .Rd file. The
relevant line is where it loads mathjax.
At the moment this is only a NOTE so I could either try my luck
explaining to CRAN or change every instance of mathemtical formulae in
every .Rd file. I am reluctant to do either of them until I understand
what is happening. A possible clue might be in the NEWS for r-release
The HTML help system has several new features: LaTeX-like math can be
typeset using either KaTeX or MathJax, usage and example code is
highlighted using Prism, and for dynamic help the output of examples
and
demos can be shown within the browser if the knitr package is
installed.
These features can be disabled by setting the environment variable
_R_HELP_ENABLE_ENHANCED_HTML_ to a false value.
So the new message might be coming from that new check.
Does anyone know what the explanation is or can offer advice aboud my
way forward?
--
Michael Dewey