[R] HOW to provide a CITATION file?

[Spencer Graves]

Dear Henrik: 

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Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Are you referring to the update that you now reach 'R: Search
> Engine'(*) when you call help.start() whereas before you got to the
> 'Statistical Data Analysis' main menu from where 'Writing R
> Extensions' is available (in HTML format)?   
      Correct. 
> You can reach the latter
> from the former by clicking on the up-arrow icon.  
      Thanks.  I had not previously seen that "up-arrow icon". 

      Best Wishes,
      Spencer    
> [Suggestion to
> R-core: Maybe clicking on the R-logo could also bring you to the main
> menu.].
>
> /Henrik
>
> (*) At least with R v2.8.0 and Firefox 3.0
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:
>   
>>     "Writing R Extensions" is no longer available via "help.start()", at
>> least not in the standard Windows install since R 2.7.2.  If there is a way
>> to get it to work again like it used to, I'd like to know.  The only way I
>> know to get it is to go to "www.r-project.org" -> Manuals -> "Writing R
>> Extensions".
>>     From there, if I want to make a local copy, I must avoid the obvious
>> File -> "Save Page As", because that gives me HTML.  Instead, there is a
>> "Save a copy" button in the upper left of the subwindow containing
>> "R-exts.pdf", which I must press to get that particular document.
>>     Best Wishes,
>>     Spencer
>>
>> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>>     
>>> See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.
>>>
>>> My $.02 /Henrik
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
>>> <Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Greetings, R-ians:
>>>>
>>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>>>>
>>>> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it
>>>> will
>>>> be packaged using
>>>>
>>>> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>>>>
>>>> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
>>>> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your guidance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Charles Annis, P.E.
>>>>
>>>> Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
>>>> phone: 561-352-9699
>>>> eFax:  614-455-3265
>>>> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>>>>
>>>>
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