[Rd] Bitmap device available for R CMD check?

[Uwe Ligges]

Friedrich Leisch wrote:
>>>>>>On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:57:54 -0400,
>>>>>>Kuhn, Max (KM) wrote:
> 
> 
>   > Hi,
>   > I have a package that I'd like to submit to CRAN that does Sweave-like
>   > processing on Open Document format files from Open Office. 
> 
> Sounds very interesting!
> 
> 
>   > If I remember correctly, there is a machine that automatically R CMD
>   > checks CRAN packages. I have two questions about how that system is set
>   > up:
> 
>   > 1. Is the bitmap device available? The example produces a file using
>   > this device and I'd like it to pass R CMD check on your system (as it
>   > does on my machines).
> 
> Yes, at leats for the main check machine (running Debian Linux). I
> cannot speak for the Windows and MacOS checks, but I don't see why
> ghostscript shouldn't be available there, too.

For Windows, it is available.


>   > 2. Are there any restrictions on the Latex packages called in the
>   > vignette? This is not a big deal, but it would be good to know how much
>   > flexibility I have in producing that document.
> 
> 
> We do not run latex on the vignette (this *is* documented),
> only the R code is checked. The reason is exactly your question: Latex
> is to heterogenous to assume we have all packages the author of a
> vignette has, and we do not want to limit the typesetting.


Let me add: The PDF is generated at the package's "R CMD build" time.

Uwe

> HTH,
> Fritz
>