From murdoch.duncan at gmail.com  Tue Sep 17 19:55:20 2013
From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:55:20 -0400
Subject: [Rd] processing of /vignettes and /inst/doc
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On 17/09/2013 1:47 PM, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the speedy fix.
>
> It is a little unclear to me what "considers it to be a vignette" 
> implies. Re-reading R-exts, it is pretty clear on
>   vignettes, Sweave format
>   vignettes, non-Sweave
> but a little unclear on
>   manuals, arbitrary format
> except mentioning that they should go in /inst/doc.
>
> Are such manuals not indexed by the help system?  Not found by 
> vignettes() (and if so, is there another mechanism for discovering them)?

They would not be found by vignettes() or browseVignettes(), but would 
be listed on the HTML help page under "User guides, package vignettes 
and other documentation."

Duncan Murdoch



[Rd] processing of /vignettes and /inst/doc
Duncan Murdoch