Is there a special .Rmd template to create R package vignette in pdf?

Question

I'm developing my first R package and I'm trying to produce a pdf vignette for the package. I have read some documents and online tutorial about producing package vignettes by the tools such as rmarkdown and knitr. I implemented some steps and produced a pdf vignette. However, having a look on the pdf vignettes of some packages like:

• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rmarkdown/rmarkdown.pdf
• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/cluster/cluster.pdf
• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lmom/lmom.pdf
• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lmomRFA/lmomRFA.pdf
• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/e1071/e1071.pdf

, it seems that there is a special template to produce pdf vignettes of R packages. Is there such a template? If yes, how can I find and use it? Thanks in advance for any help

Answer 1

As mentioned in the comments I've mistaken reference manuals as vignettes and so, I hadn't be able to find the correct answer. When I searched by using the correct keywords, I found the correct answer:

• https://devtools.r-lib.org/reference/build_manual.html
• https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rd2md/vignettes/Introduction.html
• R create reference manual with R CMD check