RdUtils                 package:base                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Utilities for converting files in R documentation (Rd) format to
     other formats or create indices from them, and for converting
     documentation in other formats to Rd format.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     R CMD Rdconv [options] file
     R CMD Rdindex [options] files
     R CMD Rd2dvi [options] files
     R CMD Rd2txt [options] file
     R CMD Sd2Rd [options] file

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    file: the path to a file to be processed.

   files: a list of file names specifying the R documentation sources
          to use, by either giving the paths to the files, or the path
          to a directory with the sources of a package.

 options: further options to control the processing, or for obtaining
          information about usage and version of the utility.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     `Rdconv' converts Rd format to other formats.  Currently, plain
     text, HTML, LaTeX, S version 3 (Sd), and S version 4 (.sgml)
     formats are supported.  It can also extract the examples for
     run-time testing.

     `Rd2dvi' and `Rd2txt' are user-level programs for producing
     DVI/PDF output or pretty text output from Rd sources.

     `Rdindex' creates an index table from Rd files.

     `Sd2Rd' converts S (version 3 or 4) documentation formats to Rd
     format.

     Use `R CMD foo --help' to obtain usage information on utility
     `foo'.

_N_o_t_e:

     Conversion to S version 3/4 formats is rough: there are some `.Rd'
     constructs for which there is no natural analogue. They are
     intended as a starting point for hand-tuning.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     The chapter ``Processing Rd format'' in ``Writing R Extensions''
     (see the `doc/manual' subdirectory of the R source tree).

