Rdpack (version 2.6)

viewRd: View Rd files in a source package

Description

View Rd files in a source package.

Usage

viewRd(infile, type = getOption("help_type"), stages = NULL)

Value

the function is used for the side effect of showing the help page in a text help window or a web browser.

Arguments

infile

name of an Rd file, a character string.

type

one of "text" or "html"

stages

a character vector specifying which stages of the R installation process to immitate. The default, c("build", "install", "render"), should be fine in most cases.

Author

Georgi N. Boshnakov

Details

This function can be used to view Rd files from the source directory of a package. The page is presented in text format or in html browser, according to the setting of argument type. The default is getOption("help_type").