[R] The itemize command in *.Rd files.

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 16/10/2007 7:46 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> I'm getting an anomalous result from using the itemize command in a  
> documentation
> file.  My usage is something like
> 
> \itemize{
> \item Melvin
> \item Irving
> \item Clyde
> \item Fred
> }
> 
> (This was place inside ``\details{   }''.)

I just pasted that into an existing .Rd file, I think on the same 
platform as you report below, and it worked fine.  Could you put the 
full .Rd file online somewhere? It may be some other problem that is 
just showing up here.

Duncan Murdoch

> (Previously I had enclosed the text following each item in braces but  
> that gave
> even worse results.)
> 
> The package appears to install OK; i.e. the  command
> 
> 	R CMD INSTALL foo
> 
> runs without complaint.  But when I start R, load package ``foo'' and  
> ask
> for help on the object whose *.Rd file contains the itemize command I  
> get a
> string ``.in +3'' at the point where the \itemize command was placed.
> 
> I have found one message (dated 9 Aug 2006) from Christian Hennig  
> describing
> problems with \itemize but there appear to have been no responses to his
> posting.
> 
> Can anybody suggest how one might fix the anomaly?
> 
> 		cheers,
> 
> 			Rolf Turner
> 
> P. S.  R version information:
> 
>  > version
>                 _
> platform       i386-apple-darwin8.10.1
> arch           i386
> os             darwin8.10.1
> system         i386, darwin8.10.1
> status
> major          2
> minor          6.0
> year           2007
> month          10
> day            03
> svn rev        43063
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
> 
> 
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