[R-pkg-devel] Package manual built by CRAN (Xposted from R-help)

[Helmut Schütz]

Dear all,

recently I noticed an unexpected effect. The PDF-manual built from the 
package’s .Rd-files looked different to what I was used to beforeand to 
the one rendered locally. Specifically: If the reference-section looks 
like this

\references{
   foo \href{bar}{baz}
   ...
}

previously "foo" was intended (like a normal paragraph), "bar" formatted 
in red and "baz" the URL.

Example of what I got instead: 
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/replicateBE/replicateBE.pdf 
(first occurrence at page 5).

In the references there are no direct links but a numbered footnotes in 
a mono-spaced font running beyond the right margin of the page. The two 
links of page 5:

In ABE.Rd
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/scientific-guideline/guideline-investigation-bioequivalence-rev1_en.pdf 

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/scientific-guideline/guideline-pharmacokinetic-clinical-evaluation-modified-release-dosage-forms_en.pdf 


ABE.Rd is correctly rendered into ABE.html

In the two footnotes of the PDF links are truncated
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/scientific-guideline/guideline-investigation-bioequivalence-rev1_ 

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/scientific-guideline/guideline-pharmacokinetic-clinical-evaluation-modified-release-dosage-forms_ 

Of course, both are punished with a HTTP 404.

Cheers,
Helmut

PS: I’m aware that
\references{
   \enumerate{
     \item foo \href{bar}{baz}
   }
}
produces *exactly* this effect. Didn't use it.

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