From xie at yihui.name  Thu Jan 31 17:28:50 2013
From: xie at yihui.name (Yihui Xie)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:28:50 -0600
Subject: [Rd] CRAN task views: markdown? better .CSS?
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See this page by Barry Rowlingson:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2012-February/063338.html

Given that CRAN maintainers do not even use JavaScript, I bet CSS does
not matter either; plain text is plain good.

Regards,
Yihui
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Michael Friendly <friendly at yorku.ca> wrote:
> CRAN task views are useful, but they seem difficult to write and maintain
> because the XML format is rather
> limited (no sectioning) and the <packagelist> must be maintained manually.
> They are also difficult to read because the generated html and .css used are
> extremely basic, giving an
> overly dense page.
>
> Are there any markdown-like tools for writing a CTV?  Is it possible to
> apply a custom .css to a CTV?
>
> -Michael
>
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[Rd] CRAN task views: markdown? better .CSS?
Yihui Xie