[R-pkg-devel] Avoiding differences between Examples output on Windows due to tibble

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17.01.2019 00:41, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> The latest version of tibble 2.0.1 is printing output (on Linux at
> least) that contains a UTF-8 ellipsis … instead of the previous three
> periods ...

Please ask the tibble maintainer what this is about.
In my opinion this should be changed back.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

> This is causing some differences between the reference materials for
> my pkg examples that I generate locally on Linux and the output
> generated on the Winbuilder system under Windows. In the latter, the
> ellipsis is not being printed and three periods are being used
> instead. As such I am seeing the following differences in Windows only
> un R CMD check:
> 
> ** checking differences from 'gratia-Ex_i386.Rout' to
> 'gratia-Ex.Rout.save' ... OK
> 
> 239c239
> < # ... with 790 more rows
> ---
>> # … with 790 more rows
> ** running examples for arch 'x64' ... [24s] OK
> ** checking differences from 'gratia-Ex_x64.Rout' to
> 'gratia-Ex.Rout.save' ... OK
> 
> 239c239
> < # ... with 790 more rows
> ---
>> # … with 790 more rows
> 
> I'm assuming this is going to be an issue for CRAN. If so, what can i
> do about this? Is there some flag or trick I can use to generate the
> same output on Windows as I produce on Linux?
> 
> The full sources for package in question are on github:
> https://github.com/gavinsimpson/gratia should anyone want to check
> something there.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Gavin
> 
> --
> Gavin Simpson, PhD
> 
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