See inline below. On 01/03/15 10:59, Duncan Murdoch wrote:> On 28/02/2015 4:10 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >> >> Firefox recently updated itself on my laptop. Now when I ask for R help >> --- e.g. ?plot --- I just get my home page. And no help. If I do "?plot" >> again after Firefox has opened its window, I just get yet another >> Firefox window, opened to my home page. (I have my preferences set to >> >> "When Firefox starts Show my homepage" >> >> --- as I always have had in the past.) > > I would guess that browseURL() won't work for any URL. Is that right?Yes. That is correct. E.g. if I do browseURL("http://www.r-project.org/") I get taken to my home page, rather than to the R home page.> > What does getOption("browser") give you in R?"/usr/bin/firefox"> If it is just a character > string (e.g. "xdg-open" is what I get in Ubuntu), does it work from your > command line, outside of R, e.g. for me that test would be > > xdg-open http://www.r-project.orgI tried /usr/bin/firefox http://www.r-project.org/ from the Linux command line and was taken to the R home page, seamlessly. I also tried xdg-open http://www.r-project.org/ and that worked equally well. Finally I tried options(browser="xdg-open") and then ?plot and BINGO!!! the HTML help came up as requested. So I have a working solution to my problem. But I *really* don't understand why changing the browser from "/usr/bin/firefox" to "xdg-open" made a difference. (Since there appears to be no difference at the Linux command line.) Anyway; thanks very much for solving my problem. cheers, Rolf> > If that doesn't work, but you can figure out a command line way to open > a particular URL, change getOption("browser") to use that. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> The Firefox that I am currently running is (according Firefox help >> --> "About Firefox") is version 36.0. >> >> Can anyone suggest to me how I can get my html R help back? >> >> For what it's worth: I am using Linux, Fedora 17. (Yes, I know it's >> elderly, but then so am I. :-) ) >> >> Also in case it has any relevance: >> >>>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31) >>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C >>> [3] LC_TIME=en_NZ.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_NZ.utf8 >>> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_NZ.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_NZ.utf8 >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NAME=C >>> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C >>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_NZ.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] spatstat_1.40-0.064 misc_0.0-16 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] abind_1.4-0 deldir_0.1-7 goftest_1.0-2 grid_3.1.2 >>> [5] lattice_0.20-29 Matrix_1.1-4 mgcv_1.8-3 nlme_3.1-118 >>> [9] polyclip_1.3-1 tensor_1.5 tools_3.1.2-- Rolf Turner Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 Home phone: +64-9-480-4619
On 28/02/2015 6:43 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:> > See inline below. > > On 01/03/15 10:59, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> On 28/02/2015 4:10 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >>> >>> Firefox recently updated itself on my laptop. Now when I ask for R help >>> --- e.g. ?plot --- I just get my home page. And no help. If I do "?plot" >>> again after Firefox has opened its window, I just get yet another >>> Firefox window, opened to my home page. (I have my preferences set to >>> >>> "When Firefox starts Show my homepage" >>> >>> --- as I always have had in the past.) >> >> I would guess that browseURL() won't work for any URL. Is that right? > > Yes. That is correct. E.g. if I do > > browseURL("http://www.r-project.org/") > > I get taken to my home page, rather than to the R home page. > >> >> What does getOption("browser") give you in R? > > "/usr/bin/firefox" > >> If it is just a character >> string (e.g. "xdg-open" is what I get in Ubuntu), does it work from your >> command line, outside of R, e.g. for me that test would be >> >> xdg-open http://www.r-project.org > > I tried > > /usr/bin/firefox http://www.r-project.org/ > > from the Linux command line and was taken to the R home page, > seamlessly. I also tried > > xdg-open http://www.r-project.org/ > > and that worked equally well. > > Finally I tried > > options(browser="xdg-open") > > and then > > ?plot > > and BINGO!!! the HTML help came up as requested. > > So I have a working solution to my problem. But I *really* don't > understand why changing the browser from "/usr/bin/firefox" to > "xdg-open" made a difference. (Since there appears to be no difference > at the Linux command line.) > > Anyway; thanks very much for solving my problem.I believe browseURL will quote the URL, i.e. it would execute /usr/bin/firefox "http://www.r-project.org/" Perhaps Firefox is confused by the quotes? Doesn't seem likely... Duncan Murdoch> > cheers, > > Rolf > >> >> If that doesn't work, but you can figure out a command line way to open >> a particular URL, change getOption("browser") to use that. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >>> >>> The Firefox that I am currently running is (according Firefox help >>> --> "About Firefox") is version 36.0. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest to me how I can get my html R help back? >>> >>> For what it's worth: I am using Linux, Fedora 17. (Yes, I know it's >>> elderly, but then so am I. :-) ) >>> >>> Also in case it has any relevance: >>> >>>>> sessionInfo() >>>> R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31) >>>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>>> >>>> locale: >>>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C >>>> [3] LC_TIME=en_NZ.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_NZ.utf8 >>>> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_NZ.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_NZ.utf8 >>>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NAME=C >>>> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C >>>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_NZ.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C >>>> >>>> attached base packages: >>>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>>> >>>> other attached packages: >>>> [1] spatstat_1.40-0.064 misc_0.0-16 >>>> >>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>>> [1] abind_1.4-0 deldir_0.1-7 goftest_1.0-2 grid_3.1.2 >>>> [5] lattice_0.20-29 Matrix_1.1-4 mgcv_1.8-3 nlme_3.1-118 >>>> [9] polyclip_1.3-1 tensor_1.5 tools_3.1.2 > >
I think this might be due to the removal of the -remote option in firefox. Some discussion and details are available at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-02/msg00946.html Best, Ista On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:> On 28/02/2015 6:43 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >> >> See inline below. >> >> On 01/03/15 10:59, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> On 28/02/2015 4:10 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >>>> >>>> Firefox recently updated itself on my laptop. Now when I ask for R help >>>> --- e.g. ?plot --- I just get my home page. And no help. If I do "?plot" >>>> again after Firefox has opened its window, I just get yet another >>>> Firefox window, opened to my home page. (I have my preferences set to >>>> >>>> "When Firefox starts Show my homepage" >>>> >>>> --- as I always have had in the past.) >>> >>> I would guess that browseURL() won't work for any URL. Is that right? >> >> Yes. That is correct. E.g. if I do >> >> browseURL("http://www.r-project.org/") >> >> I get taken to my home page, rather than to the R home page. >> >>> >>> What does getOption("browser") give you in R? >> >> "/usr/bin/firefox" >> >>> If it is just a character >>> string (e.g. "xdg-open" is what I get in Ubuntu), does it work from your >>> command line, outside of R, e.g. for me that test would be >>> >>> xdg-open http://www.r-project.org >> >> I tried >> >> /usr/bin/firefox http://www.r-project.org/ >> >> from the Linux command line and was taken to the R home page, >> seamlessly. I also tried >> >> xdg-open http://www.r-project.org/ >> >> and that worked equally well. >> >> Finally I tried >> >> options(browser="xdg-open") >> >> and then >> >> ?plot >> >> and BINGO!!! the HTML help came up as requested. >> >> So I have a working solution to my problem. But I *really* don't >> understand why changing the browser from "/usr/bin/firefox" to >> "xdg-open" made a difference. (Since there appears to be no difference >> at the Linux command line.) >> >> Anyway; thanks very much for solving my problem. > > I believe browseURL will quote the URL, i.e. it would execute > > /usr/bin/firefox "http://www.r-project.org/" > > Perhaps Firefox is confused by the quotes? Doesn't seem likely... > > Duncan Murdoch > > >> >> cheers, >> >> Rolf >> >>> >>> If that doesn't work, but you can figure out a command line way to open >>> a particular URL, change getOption("browser") to use that. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> >>>> The Firefox that I am currently running is (according Firefox help >>>> --> "About Firefox") is version 36.0. >>>> >>>> Can anyone suggest to me how I can get my html R help back? >>>> >>>> For what it's worth: I am using Linux, Fedora 17. (Yes, I know it's >>>> elderly, but then so am I. :-) ) >>>> >>>> Also in case it has any relevance: >>>> >>>>>> sessionInfo() >>>>> R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31) >>>>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>>>> >>>>> locale: >>>>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C >>>>> [3] LC_TIME=en_NZ.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_NZ.utf8 >>>>> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_NZ.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_NZ.utf8 >>>>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_NZ.utf8 LC_NAME=C >>>>> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C >>>>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_NZ.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C >>>>> >>>>> attached base packages: >>>>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>>>> >>>>> other attached packages: >>>>> [1] spatstat_1.40-0.064 misc_0.0-16 >>>>> >>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>>>> [1] abind_1.4-0 deldir_0.1-7 goftest_1.0-2 grid_3.1.2 >>>>> [5] lattice_0.20-29 Matrix_1.1-4 mgcv_1.8-3 nlme_3.1-118 >>>>> [9] polyclip_1.3-1 tensor_1.5 tools_3.1.2 >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.