[R-SIG-Mac] finding things in R manuals

[Berend Hasselman]

On 03-02-2012, at 12:37, Ruth Ripley wrote:

> I prefer Adobe reader's directory search. But I don't have the up-to-date set of pdf manuals on my computer. I can do an easy global search of the html manuals with text wrangler but I then have to read html. I am thinking I will have to start building my own R just to get the ability to build the manual pdf's.
> 

I don't think you have to do that. I also like using the pdf manuals for browsing/searching/...

I recently built the pdf manuals for R-2.14.1. I have attached two scripts that did it for me.

The setup script prepares the R build system.
The make-R-pdf script just makes the pdf manuals and copies them to the current directory.
Both these scripts should placed in the directory where you have unpacked R sources (R-2.14.1.tar.gz).

Comments and improvements welcome.

Berend

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> Ruth
> 
> 
> On 03/02/2012 01:14, David Winsemius wrote:
>> 
>> On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Ruth Ripley wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear list,
>>> 
>>> Would it be possible to include the pdf versions of the R manuals in
>>> the CRAN mac R install? I find them easier to global search than html
>>> ones. (I am used to having them on Windows.)
>> 
>> I generally copy the link to the html and paste them into my browser.
>> The search in the default GUI-invoked help panel doesn't handle
>> punctuation or revisions to searches at all well. The text get
>> overwritten in the bottom entry slot and I don't think the
>> search-revisions actually occur.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Ruth
>>> 
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>> 
>> David Winsemius, MD
>> West Hartford, CT
>> 
> 
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