From h.wickham at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 04:02:52 2006
From: h.wickham at gmail.com (hadley wickham)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:02:52 -0600
Subject: [Rd] Links to non-vignette documentation
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> They are meant to replace the INDEX, which you shouldn't need to create
> any more.  The DESCRIPTION file is still needed, but it contains more
> structured information meant for mechanical reading and processing; the
> package man page is meant to be the place to put things intended for
> people to read.

Do I need to keep the list of functions on the package man page in
sync myself, or will they be automatically rebuilt?  Is the intention
to eventually change help(package=XXX) to point to the package man
page?

Hadley



[Rd] Links to non-vignette documentation
hadley wickham