Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr
2001-Oct-31 13:16 UTC
[Rd] problem with help.start() in R (PR#1156)
Hi,
The function help.start() assume that the brower is netscape
which is no longer the dominant brower in used. I am using now opera
and other use mozilla or Microsoft IE. I can always type
help.start(browser="opera"), but it is not convenience: I would like
to be able to set the default brwsernone for all. But the real bug is
that even after launching help.start(browser="opera"), other help
commands, help(help), say, still send the "help page" to netscape.
Here
is what I get
> help.start(browser="opera")
If opera is already running, it is *not* restarted,
and you must switch to its window.
Otherwise, be patient..> help(help)
help() for help is shown in browser netscape ...
Use help( help , htmlhelp=FALSE)
or options(htmlhelp = FALSE)
to revert.> sh: netscape: command not found
Please correct this bug.
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr wrote:> Hi, > The function help.start() assume that the brower is netscape > which is no longer the dominant brower in used. I am using now operaOn what operating system is this? On Unix/Linux you should be using options(browser="opera"). On Windows/Mac you can't set the browser anyway.> and other use mozilla or Microsoft IE. I can always typeSee the requirements for a browser in the details under ?help.start. Neither of those (nor Netscape 6.1) worked when I tried them with -remote.> help.start(browser="opera"), but it is not convenience: I would like > to be able to set the default brwsernone for all. But the real bug is > that even after launching help.start(browser="opera"), other help > commands, help(help), say, still send the "help page" to netscape. Here > is what I get > > > help.start(browser="opera") > If opera is already running, it is *not* restarted, > and you must switch to its window. > Otherwise, be patient.. > > help(help) > help() for help is shown in browser netscape ... > Use help( help , htmlhelp=FALSE) > or options(htmlhelp = FALSE) > to revert. > > sh: netscape: command not found > > Please correct this bug.I don't think it is a bug in R but I have expanded the documentation. Please do use the bug.report() function, as critical information is missing from this report. -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr
2001-Oct-31 14:38 UTC
[Rd] problem with help.start() in R (PR#1156)
Prof Brian Ripley writes: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr wrote: > > > The function help.start() assume that the brower is netscape > > which is no longer the dominant brower in used. I am using now opera > > On what operating system is this? On Unix/Linux you should be using > options(browser="opera"). On Windows/Mac you can't set the browser > anyway. on Linux, actually > > help.start(browser="opera"), but it is not convenience: I would like > > to be able to set the default brwsernone for all. But the real bug is > > that even after launching help.start(browser="opera"), other help > > commands, help(help), say, still send the "help page" to netscape. Here > > is what I get > > > > > help.start(browser="opera") > > If opera is already running, it is *not* restarted, > > and you must switch to its window. > > Otherwise, be patient.. > > > help(help) > > help() for help is shown in browser netscape ... > > Use help( help , htmlhelp=FALSE) > > or options(htmlhelp = FALSE) > > to revert. > > > sh: netscape: command not found > > > > Please correct this bug. > > I don't think it is a bug in R but I have expanded the documentation. > > Please do use the bug.report() function, as critical information is > missing from this report. I am sorry not having looked carefully on the documentation. But the first thing I do is to launch help.start() and be stuck with an inexistent browser. I have imagined that help.start(browser="opera") would set the browser to opera, but I am wrong and the browser must be set by options(browser="opera"), a feature which I am not aware of. Nevertheless, I find this rather confusing for a new user: if options(browser="opera") should always be used to set the browser, then the argument browser="opera" in help.start would never be needed. -- PHAM Dinh Tuan | e-mail: Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr Laboratoire de Modelisation et Calcul | Tel: +33 4 76 51 44 23 BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France) | Fax: +33 4 76 63 12 63 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr
2001-Nov-02 12:44 UTC
[Rd] problem with help.start() in R (PR#1156)
Prof Brian Ripley writes: > I tested Opera 5.0 under Linux (www.opera.com). It worked with -remote > correctly. What I did not get to work was the search engine, but I saw > no sign of Java support for Opera under Linux. (For Windows it is a > separate add-on.) I rarely used R with remote display, so it is not a concern for me. But indeed, there is no support for Java in Opera under Linux. I am not aware that the search engine (in R ?) need Java support. Hopefully this support will be added in later version of Opera. > I've amended the documentation, but I do wonder if > help.start(browser="foo") should set options(browser="foo"). My point is that if one launches help.start(browser="foo"), it means that one would like to use foo as browser, so default browser should be set to foo. -- PHAM Dinh Tuan | e-mail: Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr Laboratoire de Modelisation et Calcul | Tel: +33 4 76 51 44 23 BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France) | Fax: +33 4 76 63 12 63 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._