[Rd] problem with dl tag in tools::Rd2HTML

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 05/08/2010 3:25 PM, Michael Lachmann wrote:
> I think tools::Rd2HTML has a problem with the dl tag.
> Under some conditions, <p> and </p>, and <dl> and </dl> are not nested
> correctly.
> Here is an example from the "options" doc file:
> --
> <p>
> <dl>
> <dt><code>save.defaults</code>, <code>save.image.defaults</code>:</dt><dd>
> see <code>save</code>.</dd>
> </p>
> --
> You can see that the <p> starts, then <dl> starts, then </p> end the
> paragraph, but the <dl> has not ended yet.
> I don't really understand in html, but I think the correct way would be
> --
> <dl>
> <p>
> <dt><code>save.defaults</code>, <code>save.image.defaults</code>:</dt><dd>
> see <code>save</code>.</dd>
> </p>
> --
>
> Michael
>   
What version are you using?  I don't see that in current R patched.

Duncan Murdoch