On Nov 13, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Zheng Da wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to generate plain text from the .Rd files. I run "R CMD > Rd2txt xx.Rd -o xx.txt" to get the plain text file. When I open the > text file, I see "_^H" in front of each character in all section > titles. I can't figure out where the problem is. If I don't specify -o > argument, "R CMD Rd2txt" prints on the standard output correctly. What > should I do to output everything correctly to a file?
I think your (unstated) editor is displaying backspaces with ^H. The Section Header convention in Rd files is with interspersed underscores so they look like: _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n: The ^H's are apparently being put in to "erase" or squeeze together the text separated by <underscores> and your editor is not handling it in the manner expected. > > Thanks, > Da > > ______________________________________________ > 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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ 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.
