R help - Nov 2009 - problem in building an R package

i am trying to build an R package and submit to CRAN.
i am using -
package.skeleton(name="xxzz", code_files = "H:\xxzz.R")
to build package xxzz.
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The code above generates 'xxzz' folder.
It seems that I have to manually edit the files generated in xxzz folder (to
add titles, authors, etc)
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But when I re-run -
package.skeleton(name="xxzz", code_files = "H:\xxzz.R")

All the edited information will be lost since the default files are 
regenerated such as DESCRIPTION file.

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I have found the process of building package is extremely troublesome.

Have anybody had a better approach?

Thanks.





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clue_less wrote:
> i am trying to build an R package and submit to CRAN.
> i am using -
> package.skeleton(name="xxzz", code_files = "H:\xxzz.R")
> to build package xxzz.
> ---------------------------
> The code above generates 'xxzz' folder.
> It seems that I have to manually edit the files generated in xxzz folder
(to
> add titles, authors, etc)
> --------------------------
> 
> But when I re-run -
> package.skeleton(name="xxzz", code_files = "H:\xxzz.R")

Why do you rerun it once you have the structure of your package?
You can add separate files now and add documentation via prompt().

Uwe Ligges



> All the edited information will be lost since the default files are 
> regenerated such as DESCRIPTION file.
> 
> ---------------------------
> 
> I have found the process of building package is extremely troublesome.
> 
> Have anybody had a better approach?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>