Converts help files written using nroff/troff-style formatting to
SGML-style help for use with S-PLUS 5.1 and above.
USAGE:
convertOldDoc(from, to, what, force=F, report=T)
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
from
a character string specifying where to find the old-style help files.
This should be a directory containing a .Data directory containing
a .Help directory.
to
a character string specifying the destination chapter.
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
what
a character string specifying which help files to convert. By default,
all files in
from's .Data/.Help
subdirectory are converted.
force
a logical flag. If
TRUE,
convertOldDoc converts the documentation even
if it already exists in
to. If
FALSE, the old-style documentation is not
converted if documentation of the same name exists in
to.
report
a logical flag. If
TRUE,
S-PLUS prints a list of files being converted while the
conversion is taking place.
VALUE:
an (invisibly-returned) character string listing the candidate files for
conversion.