Sorry about that - I did give an example that I thought was reproducible (it is here), but apparently wasn't.
I suspect my problem might have to do with the 'highlight' package I am using - which I should have mentioned. I am using the latest version of R. remko ------------------------------------------------- Remko Duursma Research Lecturer Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond Mobile: +61 (0)422 096908 www.remkoduursma.com On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Achim Zeileis wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Remko Duursma wrote: >> >>> Dear R-helpers, >>> >>> >>> when I have an R code chunk in a sweave file like this: >>> >>> <<>>= >>> x <- 1:10 >>> >>> # this comment disapears >>> x >>> >>> # this one does not! >>> print(x) >>> >>> #mean >>> mean(x) >>> @ >>> >>> The first comment does not appear in the sweaved document, the second >>> one does. How can this be? >>> >>> I have tried print=TRUE and keep.source=TRUE, but neither seem to >>> affect this behavior. >> >> I cannot replicate this. I included this in a simple document with >> >> \documentclass[a4paper]{article} >> \begin{document} >> <<>>= >> ... >> @ >> \end{document} >> >> When I use the version above, _no_ comment shows up (as expected). When I >> use <<keep.source=TRUE>>= then _all_ comments show up (as expected). >> >> This is R 2.13.1 on Debian/GNU Linux. >> Z > > I suspected he used an obsolete version of R, where such things happened. > Which is why we ask in the posting guide to update before posting, give 'at > a minimum' information and a reproducible example. > >> >>> >>> thanks, >>> Remko >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> Remko Duursma >>> Research Lecturer >>> >>> Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment >>> University of Western Sydney >>> Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond >>> >>> Mobile: +61 (0)422 096908 >>> www.remkoduursma.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.