[R] \preformatted and $

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17 Nov 2003, Arend P. van der Veen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been developing a package in R and have been working on
> documentation.  I have a \details function that contains the following:
> 
> \details{
> 
> some text
> 
> \preformatted{
> [my-section]
> user = apv
> host = 127.0.0.1
> }
> 
> }
> 
>  When I run R CMD check I get an error while checking the manual.  If I
> remove:
> 
> \preformatted{
> [my-section]
> user = apv
> host = 127.0.0.1
> }
> 
> and replace it with 
> 
> [my-section]
> user = apv
> host = 127.0.0.1
> 
> the error goes away.
> 
> Has anybody had this problem?  

Confirmed. The problem is that there is no newline after
\end{verbatim}
in the produced TeX code, so we get, e.g.:
\end{verbatim}\end{Details}
.

Might be fixed in R-patched (I don't have access right now).


> 
> I have also have a problem including a '$' in my documentation.  I
> replace them with \$ which made latex happy but then \$ showed up in the
> HTML and R help.

Hmmm. All of the following works for me:

\$, \code{$}, and \deqn{\$}{$}


Uwe Ligges



> Any advice would be appreciated,
> Arend van der Veen
> 
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