LaTeX for mac- problem making documentation files HELP! - R-SIG-Mac

Tue, Aug 5, 2008 11:52 PM #

...

* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* creating Ecosystem.Production-Ex.R ... OK
* checking examples ... OK
* creating Ecosystem.Production-manual.tex ... OK
* checking Ecosystem.Production-manual.tex using pdflatex ... ERROR
LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
This typically indicates Rd problems.
LaTeX errors found:

! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.

mac os x 10.5.4
latest mac tex distribution
R 2.7.1
how do I fix this.  Anything ya'll need tell me.  I don't know how to
make this reproducible, but I will if you tell me how.

Stephen

Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are
so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and
make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
annoying little problems of being mammals.

	-K. Mullis

Brian Ripley

Wed, Aug 6, 2008 1:09 AM #

Nothing here is Mac-specific, whereas the message you posted most recently 
on R-help probably is.

Look in Ecosystem.Production.Rcheck/Ecosystem.Production-manual.log
to see what the LaTeX error is (it will be a mistake in one of your .Rd 
files).

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, stephen sefick wrote:

It is basic courtesy to sign your messages with your real name, 
affiliation and credentials: see the R posting guide.  The signature block 
is for a signature, not propaganda.

Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595

Ken Beath

Wed, Aug 6, 2008 1:10 AM #

On 06/08/2008, at 4:52 PM, stephen sefick wrote:

As it says, one of the Rd files is probably not correct, so the LaTex  
is not correct. Possibly the log will tell you more, but LaTex error  
messages can be very confusing.

Check your Rd files are correct. Have a look at some existing packages  
to make sure you understand the format. Remove the Rd files and then  
add individually and build to see which one is causing the failures.

If you can't work out what is going wrong, start with the simplest  
possible file and then add to it.

Ken

stephen sefick

Wed, Aug 6, 2008 6:32 AM #

I have pdf files for all of the functions in my package in the
Ecosystem.Production.Rcheck file.  They do not have an index is the
only thing that looks to be off, but they were created.

Stephen Sefick
Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy
Research Scientist

As to propaganda I would say the words of a Nobel laureate in
biochemistry are hardly that.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Ken Beath <ken at kjbeath.com.au> wrote:

Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are
so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and
make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
annoying little problems of being mammals.

	-K. Mullis