R: Tools for Package Development

# Tools for Package Development

## Documentation for package ‘tools’ version 4.0.5

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

A B C D E F G H I L M N P Q R S T U V W X misc

tools-package | Tools for Package Development

## -- A --

add_datalist | Add a 'datalist' File to a Source Package
Adobe_glyphs | Conversion Tables between Character Sets
as.character.Rd | Parse an Rd File
assertCondition | Asserting Error Conditions
assertError | Asserting Error Conditions
assertWarning | Asserting Error Conditions

## -- B --

bibstyle | Select or Define a Bibliography Style
buildVignette | Build One Vignette
buildVignettes | List and Build Package Vignettes

## -- C --

charset_to_Unicode | Conversion Tables between Character Sets
checkDocFiles | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
checkDocStyle | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
checkFF | Check Foreign Function Calls
checkMD5sums | Check and Create MD5 Checksum Files
checkPoFile | Check Translation Files for Inconsistent Format Strings
checkPoFiles | Check Translation Files for Inconsistent Format Strings
checkRd | Check an Rd Object
checkRdaFiles | Report on Details of Saved Images or Re-saves them
checkReplaceFuns | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
checkS3methods | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
checkTnF | Check R Packages or Code for T/F
checkVignettes | Check Package Vignettes
check_packages_in_dir | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
check_packages_in_dir_changes | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
check_packages_in_dir_details | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
codoc | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
codocClasses | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
codocData | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
compactPDF | Compact PDF Files
CRAN_check_details | CRAN Package Repository Tools
CRAN_check_issues | CRAN Package Repository Tools
CRAN_check_results | CRAN Package Repository Tools
CRAN_memtest_notes | CRAN Package Repository Tools
CRAN_package_db | CRAN Package Repository Tools

## -- D --

delimMatch | Delimited Pattern Matching
deparseLatex | Experimental Functions to Work with LaTeX Code
dependsOnPkgs | Find Reverse Dependencies

## -- E --

encoded_text_to_latex | Translate non-ASCII Text to LaTeX Escapes

## -- F --

file_ext | File Utilities
file_path_as_absolute | File Utilities
file_path_sans_ext | File Utilities
findHTMLlinks | Collect HTML Links from Package Documentation
find_gs_cmd | Find a GhostScript Executable
format.compactPDF | Compact PDF Files

## -- G --

getBibstyle | Select or Define a Bibliography Style
getDepList | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'
getVignetteInfo | Get Information on Installed Vignettes
GSC | Find a GhostScript Executable

## -- H --

help.ports | Start the Dynamic HTML Help System
HTMLheader | Generate a Standard HTML Header for R Help

## -- I --

installFoundDepends | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'

## -- L --

langElts | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
latexToUtf8 | Experimental Functions to Work with LaTeX Code
list_files_with_exts | File Utilities
list_files_with_type | File Utilities
loadPkgRdMacros | Load User-defined Rd Help System Macros
loadRdMacros | Load User-defined Rd Help System Macros

## -- M --

makevars_site | User and Site Compilation Variables
makevars_user | User and Site Compilation Variables
make_translations_pkg | Package the Current Translations in the R Sources
md5sum | Compute MD5 Checksums

## -- N --

nonS3methods | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation

## -- P --

package.dependencies | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'
package_dependencies | Computations on the Dependency Hierarchy of Packages
package_native_routine_registration_skeleton | Write Skeleton for Adding Native Routine Registration to a Package
parseLatex | Experimental Functions to Work with LaTeX Code
parse_Rd | Parse an Rd File
pkgDepends | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'
pkgVignettes | List and Build Package Vignettes
print.checkDocFiles | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
print.checkDocStyle | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
print.checkFF | Check Foreign Function Calls
print.checkReplaceFuns | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
print.checkS3methods | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation
print.checkTnF | Check R Packages or Code for T/F
print.checkVignettes | Check Package Vignettes
print.codoc | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
print.codocClasses | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
print.codocData | Check Code/Documentation Consistency
print.Rd | Parse an Rd File
print.undoc | Find Undocumented Objects
pskill | Kill a Process
psnice | Get or Set the Priority (Niceness) of a Process

## -- Q --

QC | QC Checks for R Code and/or Documentation

## -- R --

Rcmd | R CMD Interface
Rd2ex | Rd Converters
Rd2HTML | Rd Converters
Rd2latex | Rd Converters
Rd2txt | Rd Converters
Rd2txt_options | Set Formatting Options for Text Help
Rdiff | Difference R Output Files
Rdindex | Generate Index from Rd Files
RdTextFilter | Select Text in an Rd File
Rd_db | Rd Utilities
read.00Index | Read 00Index-style Files
resaveRdaFiles | Report on Details of Saved Images or Re-saves them
R_DISABLE_HTTPD | Start the Dynamic HTML Help System
R_GSCMD | Find a GhostScript Executable
R_user_dir | R User Directories

## -- S --

showNonASCII | Pick Out Non-ASCII Characters
showNonASCIIfile | Pick Out Non-ASCII Characters
SIGCHLD | Kill a Process
SIGCONT | Kill a Process
SIGHUP | Kill a Process
SIGINT | Kill a Process
SIGKILL | Kill a Process
SIGQUIT | Kill a Process
SIGSTOP | Kill a Process
SIGTERM | Kill a Process
SIGTSTP | Kill a Process
SIGUSR1 | Kill a Process
SIGUSR2 | Kill a Process
startDynamicHelp | Start the Dynamic HTML Help System
summarize_check_packages_in_dir_depends | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
summarize_check_packages_in_dir_results | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
summarize_check_packages_in_dir_timings | Check Source Packages and Their Reverse Dependencies
summarize_CRAN_check_status | CRAN Package Repository Tools
SweaveTeXFilter | Strip R Code out of Sweave File

## -- T --

testInstalledBasic | Test Installed Packages
testInstalledPackage | Test Installed Packages
testInstalledPackages | Test Installed Packages
TEST_MC_CORES | Test Installed Packages
texi2dvi | Compile LaTeX Files
texi2pdf | Compile LaTeX Files
toHTML | Display an Object in HTML
toHTML.news_db | Display an Object in HTML
toHTML.packageIQR | Display an Object in HTML
tools | Tools for Package Development
tools-deprecated | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'
toRd | Generic Function to Convert Object to a Fragment of Rd Code
toRd.bibentry | Generic Function to Convert Object to a Fragment of Rd Code
toRd.default | Generic Function to Convert Object to a Fragment of Rd Code
toTitleCase | Convert Titles to Title Case

## -- U --

undoc | Find Undocumented Objects
update_PACKAGES | Update Existing PACKAGES Files
update_pkg_po | Prepare Translations for a Package

## -- V --

vignetteDepends | Deprecated Objects in Package 'tools'
vignetteEngine | Set or Get a Vignette Processing Engine
vignetteInfo | Basic Information about a Vignette

## -- W --

write_PACKAGES | Generate PACKAGES Files

## -- X --

xgettext | Extract Translatable Messages from R Files in a Package
xgettext2pot | Extract Translatable Messages from R Files in a Package
xngettext | Extract Translatable Messages from R Files in a Package

## -- misc --

.print.via.format | Printing Utilities