[Rd] \code{\link{foo}} fails in 2.10.0

[William Revelle]

Duncan,
   Actually, I had this problem building a package of mine (psych) 
from source.  It also happens with one of the core installations 
(methods in the util package) which I downloaded from the development 
site for the Mac.

Using 2.9.1
See Also
S3Methods, class, getS3method.
For S4, showMethods, Methods.

but using
2.10.0
See Also
S3Methods, class, .
For S4, showMethods, Methods.


(note that the getS3method is missing following the comma).

I first noticed this problem when I installed 2.10.0 using the  08-19 
build.  I am sorry, but I do not have that version number.)
I can use the 05-22 build  and it is not a problem.

I also note that when compiling from source, in the 5-22 build, the 
help files are built for  text, html, latex, and examples
  00.psych-package                  text    html    latex   example
   Harman                            text    html    latex   example
   ICC                               text    html    latex   example
...

but, when using the most recent build I get
*** installing help indices
   converting help for package 'psych'
     finding HTML links ... done
     00.psych-package                        html
     Harman                                  html


My sessionInfo() is
R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-08-25 r49420)
i386-apple-darwin9.8.0

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base    

other attached packages:
[1] psych_1.0-79


Bill




At 12:44 PM -0400 8/25/09, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>On 8/25/2009 11:59 AM, William Revelle wrote:
>>I have noticed that many cross references  in the help files using 
>>the   \code{\link{foo}}  command in the .Rd file fail to work in 
>>2.10.0. Unfortunately, it fails only some of the time.
>>
>>As an example, consider the lines in the factanal help file:
>>Using 2.10.0
>
>Sorry, please ignore the "can't find factanal" part of my previous 
>message, you're talking about the factanal man page in stats (as 
>Michael Dewey pointed out to me).
>
>But the advice still stands:  you may need to rebuild from source to 
>get all the help working.  If you're working with a binary build, 
>try again with a newer one when it is available.  r49420 isn't very 
>old, but it might be old enough so that something like this has been 
>fixed.
>
>Duncan Murdoch
>
>>
>>See Also
>>, , , ability.cov, Harman23.cor, Harman74.cor
>>
>>
>>when done in 2.9.1, this reads
>>
>>See Also
>>print.loadings, varimax, princomp, ability.cov, Harman23.cor, Harman74.cor
>>
>>
>>I do not know if this is just a Mac issue, but it is troublesome.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>For 2.10.0 (development)  I am using:
>>
>>R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-08-25 r49420)
>>i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
>>
>>locale:
>>[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>
>>attached base packages:
>>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base   
>>
>>other attached packages:
>>[1] psych_1.0-79
>>
>>
>>For 2.9.1 I am using
>>
>>R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26)
>>i386-apple-darwin8.11.1
>>
>>locale:
>>en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>
>>attached base packages:
>>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base   
>>
>>other attached packages:
>>[1] psych_1.0-79
>>
>>Thanks to all the developers of such a great program.
>>
>>Bill


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