[Rd] Error in texi2dvi

[Spencer Graves]

Hi, Duncan:  Please excuse:  I mixed 2 questions in one email.


       My first question was why "texi2dvi" failed.  It fails with "R 
CMD build" on my notebook computer and on R-Forge, but don't know how to 
make it fail otherwise.  AND it fails in something I don't think I've 
changed in years.  I mentioned R-Forge, because that provides a 
replicable example.  All CRAN tests now show Status: NOTE, but when I 
click on "NOTE", I get nothing.  In Safari and FireFox, nothing 
happens.  In Chrome, the screen goes blank.


       I'll try to refer the second question to someone at RStudio.


       Thanks,
       Spencer Graves


On 6/18/2016 6:20 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 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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