[R] "R CMD Rd2txt" generate "_^H" for in all section titles

[Jeff Newmiller]

> Which text editor can actually display _^H correct?

Not aware of any. It is from very old line printer behavior, which most (all?) printers can still support even though few computers are set up to utilize it.
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On November 13, 2014 6:41:05 PM PST, Zheng Da <zhengda1936 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thank you. Great help!
>Given your information, we can generate text files without _^H with
>the following command:
>echo "tools::Rd2txt(\"$input_file\", out=\"$output_file\",
>options=list(underline_titles=FALSE))" | R --no-save
>It's kind tedious though.
>
>I'm just curious. Which text editor can actually display _^H correct?
>I normally use vim. I also tried gedit. I even tried a web browser
>(chrome).
>
>Da
>
>On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:29 PM, David Winsemius
><dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Zheng Da wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to generate plain text from the .Rd files. I run "R CMD
>>> Rd2txt xx.Rd -o xx.txt" to get the plain text file. When I open the
>>> text file, I see "_^H" in front of each character in all section
>>> titles. I can't figure out where the problem is. If I don't specify
>-o
>>> argument, "R CMD Rd2txt" prints on the standard output correctly.
>What
>>> should I do to output everything correctly to a file?
>>
>> I think your (unstated) editor is displaying backspaces with ^H. The
>Section Header convention in Rd files is with interspersed underscores
>so they look like:
>>
>> _ D_ e_ s_ c_ r_ i_ p_ t_ i_ o_ n:
>>
>> The ^H's are apparently being put in to "erase" or squeeze together
>the text separated by <underscores> and your editor is not handling it
>in the manner expected.
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Da
>>>
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>>
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
>>
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