[Bioc-devel] promptClass

[cstrato]

Dear Seth

Thank you for your fast reply, and Martin for the fast  fix shown in 
R-devel.
(I was not sure if I should send this mail to R-devel)

Best regards
Christian

Seth Falcon wrote:
> cstrato <cstrato at aon.at> writes:
>
>   
>> Dear all,
>>
>> What is the best way to write the docs for S4 classes?
>>
>> Concretely, is it  possible to include the methods in the class 
>> documentation?
>> For example, the documentation for class "AffyBatch" contains all methods.
>> However, when I do:
>>    promptClass("AffyBatch")
>> the relevant output of file "AffyBatch-class.Rd" is:
>>    \section{Methods}{
>>    No methods defined with class "AffyBatch" in the signature.
>>    }
>>     
>
> promptClass used to provide more useful output.  You might want to
> report the issue on one of the R lists.
>
>   
>> Since PromptClass() contains a parameter "where" is it possible to use 
>> it, and how?
>>     
>
> I'm not sure that is relevant here.
>
> One thing that can be useful here is showMethods(classes="AffyBatch").
> The problem with static documentation for methods is that what methods
> are available can change based on what packages are attached.
>
> If showMethods or a wrapper for it could be convinced to output a link
> to a help file, then it might actually be a good way to go...
>
> + seth
>
>