[R] Sweave and optional document sections

[Max Kuhn]

I haven't used windows for a while... when I did I used MikTex and TeXnicCenter.

Max

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Aleksey Naumov <anaumov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Max,
>
> Thank you very much! I'll give LaTeX a go (haven't used it in a while). Is
> there a recommended distribution of LaTeX for Windows?
>
> Aleksey
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Max Kuhn <mxkuhn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That isn't hard to do with Sweave.
>>
>> Within you if branch, you can have your code write out any markup you
>> choose (including \section). For figures, I would suggest writing the
>> image file "manually" (i.e with the code chunk option fig = FALSE) and
>> also write out the \includegraphics statements too.
>>
>> With odfWeave, it is more difficult. Adding sections isn't obvious to
>> me, although odfCat might be able to do it. Figures are more
>> problematic. The way odfWeave works right now, whenever you use fig =
>> TRUE in the chunk, odfWeave sets up the figure environment in the
>> document (whether you produce an actual image or not). My recollection
>> was that there wasn't any way around this, but it's been a thorn in my
>> side for a while.
>>
>> I suggest using LaTeX in the short term to do this.
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Aleksey Naumov <anaumov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear R and Sweave users,
>> >
>> > Is there a way to have optional sections in a Sweave-generated report
>> > document, complete with section header(s), text and code chunks? In
>> > other
>> > words, I'd like for my report to include or omit certain sections based
>> > on
>> > the data itself.
>> >
>> > For example, If I examine the input dataset early on in the report and
>> > set a
>> > variable has_daily_data = TRUE, then I'd like to have a section that
>> > looks
>> > at the daily data in detail, with subsections, text and code chunks.
>> > What
>> > facilities do I have in Sweave (or odfWeave) for that?
>> >
>> > Perhaps, for code chunks, I could wrap all the code inside in
>> > if(has_daily_data) {...}? What about inserting conditional text and
>> > sections? Would it make sense to split the document into subdocuments
>> > and
>> > somehow include the optional subdocuments only if needed? How would I go
>> > about that?
>> >
>> > Would appreciate any pointers. Thank you,
>> > Aleksey
>> >
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>> --
>>
>> Max
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