[R] building packages: "R Help for package foo" vs. "HTML Help"?

[Duncan Murdoch]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> Michael Friendly wrote:
>   
>> Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>     
>>> Michael Friendly wrote:
>>>       
>>>> In building a package, what are the settings in the package files or 
>>>> the build commands that
>>>> determine whether the compiled HTML help windows have the window title
>>>> "R Help for package foo" vs. "HTML Help"?
>>>>         
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> can you give an example for a page with title "HTML Help"? I only 
>>> found the "R Help for package foo" version during a quick inspection 
>>> of a few examples.
>>>       
>> Sure:
>> library(vcd); ?mosaic
>> library(heplots); ?heplot
>> library(car); ?Anova
>> library(rgl); ?shade3d   # --- I believe up until just the latest 
>> version (rgl_0.81.708) I downloaded from R-Forge
>>     
>
>
> I get "R Help for package [foo]" for all of these. I have absolutely no 
> idea why it is different on your machine.
>   

I see the "HTML Help" message for some pages in CHM help, not in HTML 
help.  I'm not sure what the pattern is that leads to this.

Duncan Murdoch

> Best wishes,
> Uwe
>
>
>   
>> Here's my sessionInfo:
>>
>>  > sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
>> i386-pc-mingw32
>>
>> locale:
>> LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United 
>> States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United 
>> States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] grid      stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods 
>> [8] base   
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] vcd_1.1-1       colorspace_0.95 MASS_7.2-44     rgl_0.81.708  [5] 
>> heplots_0.8-0   car_1.2-8    
>>
>>     
>>>> I often have quite a few help files active, and it is much more 
>>>> convenient to navigate among
>>>> them if the window has an informative title.
>>>>
>>>> If this is simple to test for in the build process, can/should this 
>>>> be tested for
>>>> (with a warning) or even enforced/automatically generated in the 
>>>> scripts?
>>>>
>>>> -Michael
>>>>
>>>>         
>>     
>
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