[R-pkg-devel] Two problems with fda

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 28/04/2022 10:17 a.m., Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hi, Duncan et al.:
> 
> 
> 	  I passed Duncan's suggestions to Jim Ramsay, who implemented
> something -- not sure what -- and "fda_6.0.3.tar.gz has been built for
> Windows and will be published within 24 hours in the corresponding CRAN
> directory"!  (Thanks, Duncan!)

You're welcome.

> 	  My attempts to fix ".github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml" have so far
> been unsuccessful:
> 
> 
> https://github.com/JamesRamsay5/fda/commit/3dd1938d95055ed798a8b6caebcfe0eb8a03668b

Line 50 in that update looks wrong.  It might make sense to have "tlmgr 
--version" just after line 53, indented like lines 54 and 55.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> 	  For me currently, yaml = "yet another misunderstood language" ;-)
> And I've misplaced Yihui Xie's recommendations on how to ask for help.
> I remember he suggested submitting a question first to Stack Exchange or
> Stack Overflow or ..., but I can't find those recommendations, so I
> thought I'd here thank Avraham Adler <avraham.adler using gmail.com> and
> everyone else who has considered replying to this question, hoping that
> someone can help me take the next step.
> 
> 
> 	  Thanks again,
> 	  Spencer Graves
> 
> 
> On 4/26/22 11:46 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> On 25/04/2022 8:24 p.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>    ...
>>>
>>> \value{
>>>      These functions return either a standard \code{fRegress} fit
>>> object or
>>>      or a model specification:
>>>      \item{The \code{fRegress} fit object case:}{
>>>
>>>
>>> Aha, in a \value{} section, bare \items are supposed to mark components
>>> of the value, so they are automatically code.  I think the fix for this
>>> is to make it an explicit \describe list:
>>>
>>> \value{
>>>      These functions return either a standard \code{fRegress} fit
>>> object or
>>>      or a model specification:
>>>      \describe{
>>>        \item{The \code{fRegress} fit object case:}{
>>>
>>>      ... eventually ...
>>>
>>>      }
>>
>> An even simpler fix:  don't mark the section title as an \item, i.e.
>> write as
>>
>> \value{
>>      These functions return either a standard \code{fRegress} fit object or
>>      or a model specification.
>>
>>      The \code{fRegress} fit object case:
>>
>>
>>      \item{field}{description .... }
>>
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch