>>>>> "Iago" == Iago Mosqueira
<imosqueira@suk.azti.es>
>>>>> on Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:41:03 +0000 writes:
Iago> Hello,
Iago> In my Debian 3.0 systems, packages are installed in two different
Iago> places, namely /usr/lib/R/library and
/usr/local/lib/R/site-library,
Iago> depending on whether they come from debian packages or CRAN ones.
Help
Iago> pages for my own packages, installed in the second location, cannot
find
Iago> help pages from, for example, the base package via \link{}. I also
tried
Iago> specifying the package with \link[pkg]{page}.
Iago> Is the only solution to force the system to use a single library
folder?
not at all!
We have been working with several libraries "forever",
and I think I have n't seen your problem ever.
For instance, I never install extra packages into the "standard"
library (the one where "base" is in); have all CRAN packages in
one library, bioconductor in another library, etc,etc.
Iago> Can I force the help system to look in both places?
Actually you forgot to specify which interface to the help system
you are using. But I assume you mean the help.start()
{webbrowser-"HTML"} one (which I very rarely use, since ESS and
"C-c C-v" is faster; to follow links in ESS help buffers, after
selection, often "h" <Return>" is sufficient -- ah reminds
me
of an ESS improvement I've wanted to implement...)
For me, help.start() works fine including links between pages
from packages in different libraries.
Martin