[R] What's "latex" for?

[Thomas Lumley]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, v.demart at libero.it wrote:

> As an R absolute beginner when I update my R 1.8.1, after installing
> the packages I see the various updated commands orderly running in a
> table on the screen where, among other things, "latex" and "example"
> are indicated.
>
> 1) Being an old user of latex what **exactly** the "latex" label on a
> command mean and how, in what context, can it be used?

It means that a LaTeX version of the help page has been produced (it is
stored in the package directory, in the latex/ subdirectory).  It is used
to produce the PDF manuals, and by help(offline=TRUE).  The necessary
style file is in RHOME/share/texmf/

	-thomas