latex and bibtex until all cross-references are
resolved and create either a dvi or a PDF file.
texi2dvi(file, pdf = FALSE, clean = FALSE, quiet = TRUE, texi2dvi = getOption("texi2dvi"), texinputs = NULL, index = TRUE)
texi2pdf(file, clean = FALSE, quiet = TRUE, texi2dvi = getOption("texi2dvi"), texinputs = NULL, index = TRUE)TRUE, a PDF file is produced instead of
the default dvi file (texi2dvi command line option --pdf).TRUE, all auxiliary files created
during the conversion are removed.texi2dvi argument) is used.NULL). Script or program used to
compile a TeX file to dvi or PDF, respectively.
The default (selected by "" or NULL) is to look for an
executable on the path and otherwise emulate the script with
system calls.NULL or a character vector of paths to add to
the LaTeX and bibtex input search paths.NULL. Used for the side effect of creating a dvi or
PDF file in the current working directory (and maybe other files,
especially if clean = FALSE).
texi2pdf is a wrapper for the common case of
texi2dvi(pdf = TRUE). Despite the name, this is used in R to compile LaTeX files,
specifically those generated from vignettes. It
ensures that the ‘R_HOME/share/texmf’ directory is
in the TEXINPUTS path, so R style files such as ‘Sweave’
and ‘Rd’ will be found. The TeX search path used is first the
existing TEXINPUTS setting (or the current directory if unset),
then elements of texinputs, then
‘R_HOME/share/texmf’ and finally the default
path. Analogous changes are made to BIBINPUTS and
BSTINPUTS settings.
MiKTeX has a texi2dvi executable but no other Windows TeX
installation that we know of does, so emulation is used on e.g. TeXLive
installations on Windows.
Occasionally indices contain special characters which cause indexing
to fail (particularly when using the hyperref LaTeX package)
even on valid input. The argument index = FALSE is provided to
allow package manuals to be made when this happens: it uses emulation.