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Charles Annis, P.E.

HOW to provide a CITATION file?

Greetings, R-ians:

I am sure I am missing something obvious.

How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it will
be packaged using

R CMD build --binary myPackage?

I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.

Thanks for your guidance.

Charles Annis, P.E.

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phone: 561-352-9699
eFax: 614-455-3265
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Henrik Bengtsson

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.

My $.02 /Henrik

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Greetings, R-ians:
>
> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>
> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it will
> be packaged using
>
> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>
> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>
> Thanks for your guidance.
>
>
> Charles Annis, P.E.
>
> [hidden email]
> phone: 561-352-9699
> eFax: 614-455-3265
> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

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Spencer Graves

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

"Writing R Extensions" is no longer available via "help.start()",
at least not in the standard Windows install since R 2.7.2. If there is
a way to get it to work again like it used to, I'd like to know. The
only way I know to get it is to go to "www.r-project.org" -> Manuals ->
"Writing R Extensions".

From there, if I want to make a local copy, I must avoid the
obvious File -> "Save Page As", because that gives me HTML. Instead,
there is a "Save a copy" button in the upper left of the subwindow
containing "R-exts.pdf", which I must press to get that particular
document.

Best Wishes,
Spencer

Henrik Bengtsson wrote:

> See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.
>
> My $.02 /Henrik
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Greetings, R-ians:
>>
>> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>>
>> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it will
>> be packaged using
>>
>> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>>
>> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
>> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>>
>> Thanks for your guidance.
>>
>>
>> Charles Annis, P.E.
>>
>> [hidden email]
>> phone: 561-352-9699
>> eFax: 614-455-3265
>> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> [hidden email] mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

Henrik Bengtsson

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

Are you referring to the update that you now reach 'R: Search
Engine'(*) when you call help.start() whereas before you got to the
'Statistical Data Analysis' main menu from where 'Writing R
Extensions' is available (in HTML format)? You can reach the latter
from the former by clicking on the up-arrow icon. [Suggestion to
R-core: Maybe clicking on the R-logo could also bring you to the main
menu.].

/Henrik

(*) At least with R v2.8.0 and Firefox 3.0

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Spencer Graves <[hidden email]> wrote:

> "Writing R Extensions" is no longer available via "help.start()", at
> least not in the standard Windows install since R 2.7.2. If there is a way
> to get it to work again like it used to, I'd like to know. The only way I
> know to get it is to go to "www.r-project.org" -> Manuals -> "Writing R
> Extensions".
> From there, if I want to make a local copy, I must avoid the obvious
> File -> "Save Page As", because that gives me HTML. Instead, there is a
> "Save a copy" button in the upper left of the subwindow containing
> "R-exts.pdf", which I must press to get that particular document.
> Best Wishes,
> Spencer
>
> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>>
>> See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.
>>
>> My $.02 /Henrik
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Greetings, R-ians:
>>>
>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>>>
>>> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it
>>> will
>>> be packaged using
>>>
>>> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>>>
>>> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
>>> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your guidance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Charles Annis, P.E.
>>>
>>> [hidden email]
>>> phone: 561-352-9699
>>> eFax: 614-455-3265
>>> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> [hidden email] mailing list
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> [hidden email] mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

Spencer Graves

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

Dear Henrik:

<in line>

Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Are you referring to the update that you now reach 'R: Search
> Engine'(*) when you call help.start() whereas before you got to the
> 'Statistical Data Analysis' main menu from where 'Writing R
> Extensions' is available (in HTML format)?
Correct.
> You can reach the latter
> from the former by clicking on the up-arrow icon.
Thanks. I had not previously seen that "up-arrow icon".

Best Wishes,
Spencer

> [Suggestion to
> R-core: Maybe clicking on the R-logo could also bring you to the main
> menu.].
>
> /Henrik
>
> (*) At least with R v2.8.0 and Firefox 3.0
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Spencer Graves <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> "Writing R Extensions" is no longer available via "help.start()", at
>> least not in the standard Windows install since R 2.7.2. If there is a way
>> to get it to work again like it used to, I'd like to know. The only way I
>> know to get it is to go to "www.r-project.org" -> Manuals -> "Writing R
>> Extensions".
>> From there, if I want to make a local copy, I must avoid the obvious
>> File -> "Save Page As", because that gives me HTML. Instead, there is a
>> "Save a copy" button in the upper left of the subwindow containing
>> "R-exts.pdf", which I must press to get that particular document.
>> Best Wishes,
>> Spencer
>>
>> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>>
>>> See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.
>>>
>>> My $.02 /Henrik
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Greetings, R-ians:
>>>>
>>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>>>>
>>>> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it
>>>> will
>>>> be packaged using
>>>>
>>>> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>>>>
>>>> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
>>>> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your guidance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Charles Annis, P.E.
>>>>
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>> phone: 561-352-9699
>>>> eFax: 614-455-3265
>>>> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________
>>>> [hidden email] mailing list
>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> [hidden email] mailing list
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>
>>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> [hidden email] mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

Prof Brian Ripley

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

In reply to this post by Spencer Graves

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Spencer Graves wrote:

> "Writing R Extensions" is no longer available via "help.start()", at
> least not in the standard Windows install since R 2.7.2. If there is a way
> to get it to work again like it used to, I'd like to know. The only way I

Are you getting the search page? Hit the 'Up' arrow icon.
Or use help.search(searchEngine=TRUE) .

Why have you (not anyone else) reported this over two releases?

> know to get it is to go to "www.r-project.org" -> Manuals -> "Writing R
> Extensions".
> From there, if I want to make a local copy, I must avoid the obvious
> File -> "Save Page As", because that gives me HTML. Instead, there is a
> "Save a copy" button in the upper left of the subwindow containing
> "R-exts.pdf", which I must press to get that particular document.
> Best Wishes,
> Spencer
>
> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>> See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.
>>
>> My $.02 /Henrik
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings, R-ians:
>>>
>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious.
>>>
>>> How do I provide a CITATION file for my home-brew package, so that it will
>>> be packaged using
>>>
>>> R CMD build --binary myPackage?
>>>
>>> I have placed a CITATION file in the myPackage directory along with the
>>> DESCRIPTION file, but it is ignored.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your guidance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Charles Annis, P.E.
>>>
>>> [hidden email]
>>> phone: 561-352-9699
>>> eFax: 614-455-3265
>>> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> [hidden email] mailing list
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> [hidden email] mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> [hidden email] mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

--
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Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
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Charles Annis, P.E.

Re: HOW to provide a CITATION file?

In reply to this post by Henrik Bengtsson

Many thanks to Henrik and Spencer, Professor Ripley, and others.

The trick that I had missed (found in 'Writing R Extensions') is that the
CITATION file must be located in the 'inst' subdirectory of the package
sources.

Again, my gratitude to all.

Charles Annis, P.E.

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phone: 561-352-9699
eFax: 614-455-3265
http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com

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Subject: Re: [R] HOW to provide a CITATION file?

See 'Writing R Extensions' via help.start() and then search for CITATION.

My $.02 /Henrik

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Charles Annis, P.E.
<[hidden email]> wrote:

http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

______________________________________________
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