[R] Package manual built by CRAN

[Bert Gunter]

Probably better posted on the r-package-devel  mailing list, which is
specifically devoted to such issues.

Cheers,
Bert

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 8:12 AM Helmut Schütz <helmut.schuetz using bebac.at>
wrote:

> Deer 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 before and to
> the one rendered locally. Specifically: If the reference-section looks
> like this
>
> \references{
>    foo \href{bar}{baz}
>    ...
> }
>
> previously "foo" will be intended (like a normal paragraph), "bar"
> formatted in red and "baz" the URL.
>
> Example:
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/replicateBE/replicateBE.pdf
> (first occurrence at page 5).
>
> In the references not a direct link but a numbered footnote in a
> monospaced font running beyond the right margin of the page.
> Furthermore, the URLs in the footnotes are not correct. 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
> Correct links in ABE.html
> In the two footnotes of the PDF 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 know that
> \references{
>    \enumerate{
>      \item foo \href{bar}{baz}
>    }
> }
> produces _exactly_ this effect. Didn't use it.
>
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