[R-pkg-devel] README.Rmd and associated figure files

[Baptiste Auguie]

Hi,

Thanks all, that was helpful. I believe it would be worth an extra footnote
in Writing R Extensions, as such files are getting more and more widespread
in practice.

Thanks,
Baptiste

On 11/09/2017 19:24, "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If the images are also used for vignettes or Rd files, you can put them
> in the 'vignettes' or 'man/figures' directories. Otherwise, please put
> them in the top-level 'tools' directory, or a subdirectory of it.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
> On 10.09.2017 00:15, Baptiste Auguie wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not sure what to do with README.Rmd; I followed Hadley's instructions*
>> at http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/release.html but I'm getting a Warning from
>> CRAN
>> (missing figure files). Writing R Extensions does not seem to mention this
>> particular way of generating a README.md file (and in fact, mildly
>> discourages README.md, see https://cran.r-project.org/
>> doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#FOOT2). Here's what I've done:
>>
>> - top level README.Rmd file with knitr option fig.path = "README-"
>> - ^README\.Rmd$ and  ^README-.*\.png$ added in .Rbuildignore
>>
>> as a result, R CMD build creates README.md, and removes the associated
>> figures and Rmd source file. However CRAN issues a Warning that the png
>> files are missing.
>>
>> So my next step has been to remove ^README-.*\.png$ from .Rbuildignore,
>> but
>> that yields a NOTE: "Non-standard files/directories found at top level:
>> ...<pngs>"
>>
>> I thought perhaps this should go in .Rinstignore, but that yields the same
>> NOTE.
>>
>> What is the proper way to deal with these image files? (pointing fig.path
>> to inst/ doesn't seem like an option either, as it will break the paths).
>>
>> Has there been a recent change in how README.Rmd files are processed? (I
>> did not find this step documented in WRE). I looked at a few packages and
>> they seem to follow the model recommended in Hadley's r-pkgs resource, so
>> presumably it used to work without warnings.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> baptiste
>>
>>
>> *: I realise this is not an official documentation; however, from a
>> pragmatic point of view, it would seem mutually beneficial if
>> recommendations could somehow be kept in sync between this document and
>> official CRAN policies.
>>
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