[Rd] Error in formatDL(nm, txt, indent = max(nchar(nm, "w")) + 3)

[William Dunlap]

This error can arise when getOption("width") is too small.  80 seems to be the
limit for me with R-3.3.2 on Windows.
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Spencer Graves
<spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
>       I tried "debug(help)" with the problem mentioned below.  It stopped
> with a call to "library", from which I generate the following simple
> replication of this error:
>
>
>> library(help = 'fda', character.only = TRUE)
> Error in formatDL(nm, txt, indent = max(nchar(nm, "w")) + 3) :
>   incorrect values of 'indent' and 'width'
>
>
>       This was using R 3.3.3 inside RStudio on a Mac, as noted below.  This
> same "library(help='fda', character.only=TRUE)" ran fine using R Console
> 3.2.1 under Windows 7.
>
>
>       I also tried debug(library).  It died in line 298:
>
>
>     for (i in which(file.exists(docFiles))) pkgInfo[[i]] <-
> readDocFile(docFiles[i])
>
>
>       with i = 1 and docFiles[i] =
> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/fda/Meta/package.rds".
>
>
>       This looks like a bug to me.  I don't know if it's new since R 3.2.1
> or it works fine under Windows 7 but not a Mac.
>
>
>       Thanks,
>       Spencer Graves
>
>
> *** NOTES:
>
>
>       1.  When I tried "Q" to exit debug mode, I got, "Error retrieving
> help:  R code execution error."  This suggests a bug in "debug", which could
> be replicated by trying debug(help) with "help(package='fda',
> help_type='text')".  It does not want to exit from "help" using "Q".  "c"
> also fails.
>
>
>       2.  For sessionInfo(), see below.
>
>
> On 2017-03-08 4:06 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>>
>>       A call to help(..., help_type='text') fails with "package='fda":
>>
>>
>> > install.packages('fda')
>> > help(package='fda', help_type='text')
>> Error in formatDL(nm, txt, indent = max(nchar(nm, "w")) + 3) :
>>   incorrect values of 'indent' and 'width'
>>
>>
>>       I have this wrapped inside "try" in PackageSum2{sos}, so it doesn't
>> die, but it also doesn't give me the additional information I want from
>> help(..., help_type='text')
>>
>>
>>       Is this a bug?
>>       Thanks,
>>       Spencer Graves
>>
>> Using RStudio 1.0.136 with
>>
>>
>> > sessionInfo()
>> R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
>> Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.3
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets
>> [6] methods   base
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_3.3.3
>>
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