Re: [R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
This is for the rcheology package. I run a Shiny web app which lets you examine changes to functions across R versions: https://hughjonesd.shinyapps.io/rcheology/ Manually storing and converting the Rd might be possible, but it would be burdensome in terms of data (and my time). And if the Rd spec has changed across versions, that’s another problem. More generally, shouldn’t there be publicly available versioned documentation? Python has had this for a long time. David On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 01:01, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Sure. On your computer. Install the old version of R and let it serve the > relevant docs. > > Dunno of anyone doing this historical dive online for you though. Why > would you want preformatted docs if you didn't have those old versions > installed? > > On June 29, 2023 4:23:55 PM PDT, David Hugh-Jones < > davidhughjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted HTML pages? > > > >Cheers, D > > > >On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 > >> David Hugh-Jones wrote: > >> > >> > I'm looking for a source of online help for R base > >> > packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of > >> > "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. > >> > >> These live in the R source tree, under src/library: > >> https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ > >> > >> For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the > >> branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: > >> > >> svn log \ > >> > >> > https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd > >> > >> ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest R-4.1-patched. > >> > >> Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching model of > >> Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Ivan > >> > >> [*] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html > >> > > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > __ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
R includes the tools::Rd2HTML function to convert Rd source files to HTML for display. RStudio offers previews of Rd pages; presumably they use those functions. I imagine ESS does the same. If you want to do it yourself, start with ?tools::Rd2HTML. There have been changes to the specs over time, but I'd guess current R could render old Rd pages reasonably well, back to when Prof Ripley and I wrote Rd2HTML in R 2.9.0. Before that, it was done by a Perl script, and the Rd syntax had more differences; I think the parser would likely die on those very old files. Duncan Murdoch On 29/06/2023 8:01 p.m., Jeff Newmiller wrote: Sure. On your computer. Install the old version of R and let it serve the relevant docs. Dunno of anyone doing this historical dive online for you though. Why would you want preformatted docs if you didn't have those old versions installed? On June 29, 2023 4:23:55 PM PDT, David Hugh-Jones wrote: That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted HTML pages? Cheers, D On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov wrote: On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 David Hugh-Jones wrote: I'm looking for a source of online help for R base packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. These live in the R source tree, under src/library: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: svn log \ https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest R-4.1-patched. Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching model of Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. -- Best regards, Ivan [*] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
Sure. On your computer. Install the old version of R and let it serve the relevant docs. Dunno of anyone doing this historical dive online for you though. Why would you want preformatted docs if you didn't have those old versions installed? On June 29, 2023 4:23:55 PM PDT, David Hugh-Jones wrote: >That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted HTML pages? > >Cheers, D > >On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 >> David Hugh-Jones wrote: >> >> > I'm looking for a source of online help for R base >> > packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of >> > "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. >> >> These live in the R source tree, under src/library: >> https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ >> >> For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the >> branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: >> >> svn log \ >> >> https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd >> >> ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest R-4.1-patched. >> >> Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching model of >> Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Ivan >> >> [*] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html >> -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted HTML pages? Cheers, D On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 > David Hugh-Jones wrote: > > > I'm looking for a source of online help for R base > > packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of > > "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. > > These live in the R source tree, under src/library: > https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ > > For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the > branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: > > svn log \ > > https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd > > ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest R-4.1-patched. > > Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching model of > Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. > > -- > Best regards, > Ivan > > [*] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 David Hugh-Jones wrote: > I'm looking for a source of online help for R base > packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of > "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. These live in the R source tree, under src/library: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: svn log \ https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest R-4.1-patched. Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching model of Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. -- Best regards, Ivan [*] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
[R-pkg-devel] Public URLs for help for versions of base packages
Dear R packagers, This isn't strictly about packaging but I thought you guys might have the most relevant expertise. I'm looking for a source of online help for R base packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable value of "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. Is there any web page for that? Better still, an "official" source? I have been using rdocumentation.org but it hasn't updated for a while. Cheers, David [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
