[R] updating one's own package

[Uwe Ligges]

On 11.02.2012 13:49, Wet Bell Diver wrote:
> Win7 x64, R2.14.1
>
> Dear list,
>
> I would like to get into the habbit of creating a package for each
> project. That way I can package my project-specific functions and data
> together and load or unload that at will. Also, it will allow easy
> navigation through all the functions I will have available for each
> project, since I can then use ?myfunction and immediately see the
> details of that function (esp. useful when revisiting a project after
> several months).
> Anyway, I have been successful in constructing a package, using the
> package.skeleton. My question is how to easily update the package when I
> write an additional function or rewrite an existing function. Do I then
> need to again build the package fully, or is there an "incremental
> update" option somewhere? This I can not find anywhere, maybe I am
> overlooking something?


You can use package.skeleton with force = FALSE in order not to 
overwrite existing files. Anyway, I typically edit the files of the 
package directly, without using any helper functions.
And if you add a new function, you can use prompt() to prepare a 
corresponding Rd file.

Uwe Ligges





> Thanks,
> Peter
>
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