Hendrik pointed out it was the parentheses that gave the complaint. Single quotes and no parentheses seem to satisfy R CMD check. Perhaps that needs to be in the WRE.
However, I have for some time used the parentheses to distinguish functions from packages. optim() is a function, optimx a package. Is this something CRAN should be thinking about? I would argue greater benefit to users than title case. JN On 15-04-24 06:17 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > > > On 24.04.2015 22:44, Ben Bolker wrote: >> Prof J C Nash (U30A <nashjc <at> uottawa.ca> writes: >> >>> >>> I was preparing a fix for a minor glitch in my optimx package and R CMD >>> check gave an error that the title was not in title case. >> >> [snip] to make Gmane happy ... >> >>> I have found >>> >>> A Replacement and Extension of the _optim()_ Function >>> >>> does not get the complaint, but I'm not sure the underscore is allowed. >>> >>> Given that I've obeyed the RTFM rule, I'm wondering what to do now. >> >> Presumably you should ask the CRAN maintainers? That seems to >> be the only possible answer -- I don't think anyone else can guess >> very accurately ... > > From WRE: > > "Refer to other packages and external software in single quotes, and to > book titles (and similar) in double quotes." > > Other non-English usage (as documented for the Description field; this > inlcudes function names) can also be used in single quotes. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > >> >> Ben Bolker >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
