[Rd] Error in texi2dvi

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 17/06/2016 10:21 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
>        Changes in R seem to have broken the sos vignette, and I don't
> know how to fix it.  The build on R-forge,
> "https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=235&log=build_src&pkg=sos&flavor=patched",
> ends as follows:
>
>
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  :
>    Running 'texi2dvi' on 'sos.tex' failed.
> LaTeX errors:
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \Sconcordance
>                   {concordance:sos.tex:sos.Rnw:%
> The control sequence at the end of the top line
> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
> Calls:  -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
> Execution halted
>
>
>        I stepped through the vignette line by line without seeing an
> error message.  However, when I do "R CMD build sos" on my own computer,
> it stops with a similar error message:
>
>
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  :
>    Running 'texi2dvi' on 'sos.tex' failed.
> BibTeX errors:
> The top-level auxiliary file: sos.aux
> The style file: abbrvnat.bst
> I found no \bibdata command---while reading file sos.aux
> Calls: <Anonymous> -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
>

I can't help you with R-forge.  You'll need to write to their admin to ask.

>
>        When I clicked, "Compile PDF" in RStudio, I first got a pop-up
> saying, 'Sweave Noweb syntax? It seems you are using the Sweave-specific
> syntax in line(s) 9, 15, 145, 172, 186, 189, 208, 211, 218, 225, 231,
> 243, 246, 283, 365, 390; you may need Sweave2knitr("sos.Rnw") to convert
> it to knitr'.  When I click, "OK", it stops on LIne 146, "Error in
> eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'hide' not found".  Line 145 reads,
> "<<summary.PL,results=hide>>=".

In RStudio, you are running knitr rather than Sweave, but your vignette 
uses Sweave syntax.  This is an option you can set in "Global options" 
and "Project options"; the latter take precedence.

Duncan Murdoch

>
>
>        What can I do to get this vignette to working again with the
> least amount of work?
>
>
>        Thanks,
>        Spencer Graves
>
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