[R-pkg-devel] How to build *-package description from *-package.R files ... and a luser/newbie question about pkgdown

[Merlise Clyde, Ph.D.]

Chris,

I have migrated from Travis CI to using GitHub actions with pkgdown to build websites for packages - see https://ropenscilabs.github.io/actions_sandbox/websites-using-pkgdown-bookdown-and-blogdown.html   to set up.  The GitHub action doesn’t use Rstudio’s check but does automatically update the documentation when the master branch is pushed to GitHub.

An example is at https://merliseclyde.github.io/BAS/index.html. (package is at  https://github.com/merliseclyde/BAS  ).  One that is a work in progress is https://merliseclyde.github.io/bark - which was built from the start using the approach documented above  - there is less customization there.

I do use pkgdown::build_site() in RStudio to preview the package documentation locally as well.

For documentation I did migrate to using roxygen2 several years ago from writing my own Rd files.   I like the checks that it keeps the documentation in sync with changes in the function.   The R Packages book by Hadley Wickham and Jennifer Bryan has a nice chapter on this https://r-pkgs.org/man.html

HTH,
Merlise


On Feb 12, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Chris Evans <chrishold using psyctc.org<mailto:chrishold using psyctc.org>> wrote:

Apologies, I think that was clear.

Do you or anyone else have an example of a ****-package.R that Rstudio's check has built into a package documentation file that was well populated and useful?

I think that's the key exemplar I am seeking and I'm finding it hard to craft any web search that finds me such a thing.

Any offer?!  TIA,

Chris

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From: "Duncan Murdoch" <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com<mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>>
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Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] How to build *-package description from *-package.R files ... and a luser/newbie question
about pkgdown

Just one clarification:

On 12/02/2021 9:59 a.m., Chris Evans wrote:
[ lots deleted ]

 - I don't think RStudio supports a "Preview" for the help page for a
function (but I might be wrong about this, since I don't use it much).

I haven't found it if it is there.  I'm guessing you use ESS?

No, I use RStudio.  When I said "I don't use it much", I meant Roxygen2.

Duncan Murdoch

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