From pgilbert at bank-banque-canada.ca  Mon Apr 19 18:47:32 2010
From: pgilbert at bank-banque-canada.ca (Paul Gilbert)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:32 -0400
Subject: [Rd] utf8.def
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1004191706500.29696@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
References: <D611103AA7EE3B4DAE7F7D49C72B291A027D4328@EXMAIL2.bocad.bank-banque-canada.ca>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1004191615500.27545@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
	<D611103AA7EE3B4DAE7F7D49C72B291A027D43A9@EXMAIL2.bocad.bank-banque-canada.ca>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1004191706500.29696@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <D611103AA7EE3B4DAE7F7D49C72B291A027D440A@EXMAIL2.bocad.bank-banque-canada.ca>

Thanks Brian. Yes, "make pdf" fails and my latex is too old
(2001/06/01).

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>Sent: April 19, 2010 12:14 PM
>To: Paul Gilbert
>Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
>Subject: RE: [Rd] utf8.def
>
>On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Paul Gilbert wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>>> Sent: April 19, 2010 11:20 AM
>>> To: Paul Gilbert
>>> Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] utf8.def
>>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Paul Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to check my packages with R-rc
>>>
>>> And what is that?  Please do note what the posting guide says about
>>> giving accurate version information.
>>
>> R version 2.11.0 RC (2010-04-18 r51771)
>>
>>>
>>>> and latex is failing to find utf8.def.  I presume my latex
>>>> installation is defective or too old, or is this file distributed
>>>> with R and I just don't have a path set correctly?
>>>
>>> It is part of the required version of LaTeX. From the NEWS file for
>>> 2.11.0:
>>>
>>>     o	UTF-8 is now used for the reference manual and package
>>> 	manuals.  This requires LaTeX '2005/12/01' or later.
>>>
>>
>> I'm a bit confused about the version numbering scheme for latex.
>> latex --version reports
>> TeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159
>> kpathsea version 3.4.5
>>
>> Is that LaTeX '2005/12/01' or later?
>
>LaTeX is not tex, and 'latex' is a link to 'tex' usually.
>
>To get the LaTeX version, look further.  E.g  a LaTeX log might say
>
>**refman.tex
>(./refman.tex
>LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
>
>(which is the current one, according to the TeXLive 2009 updater).
>
>> Does it make sense that R is building ok, and apparently using
>utf8.def
>> according to the NEWS extract, but my packages don't find it?
>
>Well, did you build the reference manual?  It is not part of the
>default build (e.g. 'make pdf' is needed).
>
>--
>Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
>1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
====================================================================================

La version fran?aise suit le texte anglais.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of
Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this
email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is
unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from
your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Le pr?sent courriel peut contenir de l'information privil?gi?e ou confidentielle.
La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion,
utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une
personne autre que le ou les destinataires d?sign?s est interdite. Si vous recevez
ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer imm?diatement et envoyer sans d?lai ?
l'exp?diteur un message ?lectronique pour l'aviser que vous avez ?limin? de votre
ordinateur toute copie du courriel re?u.


[Rd] utf8.def
Paul Gilbert