add a few NEWS.Rd entries from a few recent PRs

Author: eddelbuettel

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-12-17  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
+
+	* R/Attributes.R (sourceCpp): Very minor cosmetic changes
+
 2019-12-15  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
 
 	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Roll minor version

R/Attributes.R

@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ sourceCpp <- function(file = "",
         if (grepl(' ', basename(file), fixed=TRUE)) {
             stop("The filename '", basename(file), "' contains spaces. This ",
                  "is not permitted.")
-        }                                                       # #nocov end
+        }
     } else {
         if (verbose && windowsDebugDLL) {
             message("The 'windowsDebugDLL' toggle is ignored on non-Windows platforms.")
-            windowsDebugDLL <- FALSE    # no we do not need to for OS below
-        }
+            windowsDebugDLL <- FALSE    # now we do not need to deal with OS choice below
+        }							# #nocov end
     }
 
     # get the context (does code generation as necessary)

inst/NEWS.Rd

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     \itemize{
       \item Safer \code{Rcpp_list*}, \code{Rcpp_lang*} and
       \code{Function.operator()} (Romain in \ghpr{1014}, \ghit{1015}).
+      \item A number of \code{#nocov} markers were added (Dirk in
+      \ghprP1036}). 
     }
     \item Changes in Rcpp Attributes:
     \itemize{
@@ -17,18 +19,27 @@
       \ghit{1017}).
       \item Invisible return object are now supported via new option (Kun Ren
       in \ghpr{1025} fixing \ghit{1024}).
+      \item Unavailable packages referred to in \code{LinkingTo} are now
+      reported (Dirk in \ghpr{1027} fixing \ghit{1026}).
+      \item The \code{sourceCpp} function can now create a debug DLL on
+      Windows (Dirk in \ghpr{1037} fixing \ghit{ghit}).
     }
     \item Changes in Rcpp Documentation:
     \itemize{
       \item The \code{.github/} directory now has more explicit guidance on
       contributinh, issues, and pull requests (Dirk).
       \item The Rcpp Attributes vignette describe the new invisible return
       objection option (Kun Ren in \ghpr{1025}).
+      \item Vignettes are now included as pre-made pdf files (Dirk in \ghpr{1029})
+      \item The Rcpp FAQ has new entry on the recommended
+      \code{importFrom} directive (Dirk in \ghpr{1031} fixing \ghit{1030}).
     }
     \item Changes in Rcpp Deployment:
     \itemize{
       \item Added unit test to check if C++ version remains remains aligned
       with the package number (Dirk in \ghpr{1022} fixing \ghit{1021}).
+      \item The unit test system was switched to tinytest (Dirk in
+      \ghpr{1028}, \ghpr{1032}, \ghpr{1033}).
     }
   }
 }