[Rd] Warning: missing text for item ... in \describe?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Spencer Graves wrote:

> Hello:
>
> 	  For the record, I found the source of this warning:  I had an 
> extraneous space in "\item{fd} {text}":  When I changed to "\item{fd}{text}", 
> this warning disappeared.

And while you've been away you missed

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2008-December/051559.html

and of course

http://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-devel-linux-x86_64/fda-00check.html

>
> 	  Best Wishes,
> 	  Spencer
>
> #########################
>     What might be the problem generating messages like "Warning:
> missing text for item ... in \describe" with "R CMD check" and "R CMD
> install"?
>
>     With the current version of "fda" on R-Forge, I get the following:
>
>
> Warning: missing text for item 'fd' in \describe
> Warning: missing text for item 'fdPar' in \describe
>
>
>     I found a where someone else asked about essentially this warning
> message, but I didn't find a reply.  I also found that
> "https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm" is coded to
> issue such messages.  However, I still don't know what I'm doing to
> generate it.
>
>     Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>     Best Wishes,
>     Spencer
>
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