[Bioc-devel] BioC 2.5: link to package index now marked as "Missing"

[Steven McKinney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioc-devel-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:bioc-devel-
> bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gordon K Smyth
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:41 PM
> To: bioc-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Cc: Wei Shi; Matt Ritchie; Keith Satterley; Yifang Hu
> Subject: [Bioc-devel] BioC 2.5: link to package index now marked as
> "Missing"
> 
> Here's a Rd link which has worked for many years in the html and chm
> help
> pages, and still works fine in R 2.10.10:
> 
>    \link[limma:00Index]{LIMMA contents page}
> 
> Despite working fine, this is now flagged in R 2.10.0 cmd check as a
> "Missing" link.
> 
> I understand that this is not an officially supported style of link,
> yet
> it seemed useful.

I second that - I've been advocating for a mechanism to 
navigate to the 00Index page (I'd really like to see
> ?limma::
or some such incantation go to the limma:00Index page from 
the command line)

Getting to the 00Index page is tremendously useful when
you can't remember a command name, or its exact spelling,
in a package.

Can we evolve past the missing link?!?
(I will send in patch suggestions if R-core will
commit to such a desired feature.)


Steven McKinney, Ph.D.

Statistician
Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program
British Columbia Cancer Research Centre

email: smckinney -at-  bccrc +dot+ ca
tel: 604-675-8000 x7561

BCCRC
Molecular Oncology
675 West 10th Ave, Floor 4
Vancouver B.C.
V5Z 1L3

Canada




> 
> Must it be removed now for BioC 2.5?
> 
> Regards
> Gordon
> 
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