i got the original idea from http://romainfrancois.blog.free.fr/index.php?post/2010/04/03/embed-images-in-Rd-documents
i really won't mind if this is removed. i can put a "clean" package online. Didn't mean to do any harm. Thomas 2011/5/11 Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> > > On May 11, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Thomas Roth wrote: > > > Well, it takes 5 seconds on a regular notebook... which i have > > > > Basically there's small simulation going on, so if you don't need any > simulation just a small plot it will go in less then a second. Haven't seen > any other solution :-) > > > > Oh, my ... it's worse than I thought. Not only does it run things so you > have to wait forever - it actually installs packages behind your back! Wow, > now there is the nightmare abuse of \Sexpr - the malicious package retrieves > private data from your machine and deletes your files... and I was worrying > about leaving a tiny crack open for Rhttpd injection attacks - yet there is > a big gaping door open to all packages ... Does it mean we need more > stringent checks on Rd files now as well since they contain code? > > What is interesting, though, is that the code gets executed even if html is > not the back-end (e.g., in terminal) .. is this a bug? > > Cheers, > S > > > > it only takes long because there's a simulation going on in the > background... > > > > 2011/5/11 Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> > > > > On May 11, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Thomas Roth wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> There's a possibility to put images into documentation files. Have a > look at > >> the package visualizationTools to see how it works. The original idea > is/was > >> by Romain Francois as far as i remember. > >> > >> For instance have a look at the documentation for the function CLT > >> > > > > Interesting - ?CLT takes forever (about 30s) on a fairly fast machine > (8-core Xeon) - every time! That sort of defeats the purpose of help pages > ... so whatever it's doing (behind your back - the help in the console still > shows no images, obviously), I would not recommend it as it makes the help > unusable. > > > > Cheers, > > S > > > > > >> > >> 2011/5/11 Hadley Wickham <had...@rice.edu> > >> > >>>> Im trying to figure out how to put images into my packages help > >>>> documentation. Ive gotten to the point where I can put the images in > the > >>>> /inst/doc/ directory. I have also gotten to the point where I have > >>> package > >>>> checks without any warnings. I couldnt find the terms picture, > >>> image, > >>>> or graphic in a text search within the Writing R Extensions: 2 > Writing > >>> R > >>>> documentation files > >>> > >>> I think you're asking the wrong question. You should be asking: "Can > >>> I include images in help files?". As far as I know, the answer is no. > >>> > >>> You might be able to do it for specific output formats. See > >>> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Conditional-text > >>> > >>> Hadley > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair > >>> Department of Statistics / Rice University > >>> http://had.co.nz/ > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >>> > >> > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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