> I don't have netscape installed on my machine (FreeBSD 4.4) and when Itype> the command help.start(), I get > > > netscape: not found > > error. I do have mozilla installed. Is this a defect? can I run any web > browser? > > jeff. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Majordomo at stat.math.ethz.ch> > To: <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:17 AM > Subject: Welcome to r-help > > > > -- > > > > Welcome to the r-help mailing list! > > > > Please save this message for future reference. Thank you. > > > > If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, > > send the following command in email to > > <r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch>: > > > > unsubscribe > > > > Or you can send mail to <Majordomo at stat.math.ethz.ch> with the following > > command in the body of your email message: > > > > unsubscribe r-help > > > > or from another account, besides "Jeff D. Hamann" > <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com>: > > > > unsubscribe r-help "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com> > > > > If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, > > (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the > > list itself) send email to <owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> . > > This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need > > to contact a human. > > > > Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, > > in case you don't already have it: > > > > [Last updated on: Sep 26 22:02 2000] > > > > * public list for getting help on "R" (statistics environment ~ "GNU S")*> > > > The purposes of the mailing list "R-help" include > > > > - - Announcement about the development of R; availability of new code, > etc. > > - - Questions and Answers about problems and solutions using R. > > - - Enhancements and patches to the source code and documentation of R. > > - - Comparison with S / S-plus, compatibility. > > - - Posting of nice examples, benchmarks, ..... > > > > The list has had > > 516 (Jan 1, 2000) > > 315 (Jan 1, 1999) > > 205 (Jan 26, 1998) > > 116 (Apr 1, 1997) > > 77 (Nov 14, 1996) > > entries [persons or sub-lists] from all continents. > > > > There are 3 mailing lists dedicated to "R" : > > > > 1) R-announce : Only announcement of new versions / important patches > > 2) R-help : Questions / Answers about ("released versions of") R > > 3) R-devel : The list of pre-testers and "developers" of R. > > > > where "R-announce" is gatewayed to "R-help", > > i.e., if you are only interested in announcements on R, > > you could rather subscribe to R-announce instead of R-help. > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > > > The list is archived ==> see R's Web site > > > > http://www.R-project.org/ > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > > > CRAN (= Comprehensive R Archive Network) and its mirror sites > > ==== should carry ALL available files relevant to R, > > including source, binaries, contributed software anddocumentation.> > The `mother of the CRAN' is > > http://cran.R-project.org/ > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > > > > A `FAQ' (list of Frequently Asked Questions) is available > > from CRAN or > > Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at> at > > http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > > >-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
just make a symbolic link. i.e. ln -s /usr/local/bin/mozilla /usr/local/bin/netscape On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 02:20 , Jeff D. Hamann wrote:>> I don't have netscape installed on my machine (FreeBSD 4.4) and when I > type >> the command help.start(), I get >> >>> netscape: not found >> >> error. I do have mozilla installed. Is this a defect? can I run any web >> browser? >> >> jeff. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Majordomo at stat.math.ethz.ch> >> To: <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:17 AM >> Subject: Welcome to r-help >> >> >>> -- >>> >>> Welcome to the r-help mailing list! >>> >>> Please save this message for future reference. Thank you. >>> >>> If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, >>> send the following command in email to >>> <r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch>: >>> >>> unsubscribe >>> >>> Or you can send mail to <Majordomo at stat.math.ethz.ch> with the >>> following >>> command in the body of your email message: >>> >>> unsubscribe r-help >>> >>> or from another account, besides "Jeff D. Hamann" >> <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com>: >>> >>> unsubscribe r-help "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com> >>> >>> If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, >>> (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the >>> list itself) send email to <owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> . >>> This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need >>> to contact a human. >>> >>> Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, >>> in case you don't already have it: >>> >>> [Last updated on: Sep 26 22:02 2000] >>> >>> * public list for getting help on "R" (statistics environment ~ "GNU >>> S") > * >>> >>> The purposes of the mailing list "R-help" include >>> >>> - - Announcement about the development of R; availability of new code, >> etc. >>> - - Questions and Answers about problems and solutions using R. >>> - - Enhancements and patches to the source code and documentation of >>> R. >>> - - Comparison with S / S-plus, compatibility. >>> - - Posting of nice examples, benchmarks, ..... >>> >>> The list has had >>> 516 (Jan 1, 2000) >>> 315 (Jan 1, 1999) >>> 205 (Jan 26, 1998) >>> 116 (Apr 1, 1997) >>> 77 (Nov 14, 1996) >>> entries [persons or sub-lists] from all continents. >>> >>> There are 3 mailing lists dedicated to "R" : >>> >>> 1) R-announce : Only announcement of new versions / important patches >>> 2) R-help : Questions / Answers about ("released versions of") R >>> 3) R-devel : The list of pre-testers and "developers" of R. >>> >>> where "R-announce" is gatewayed to "R-help", >>> i.e., if you are only interested in announcements on R, >>> you could rather subscribe to R-announce instead of R-help. >> >> - >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> --- >>> >>> The list is archived ==> see R's Web site >>> >>> http://www.R-project.org/ >> >> - >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---- >>> >>> CRAN (= Comprehensive R Archive Network) and its mirror sites >>> ==== should carry ALL available files relevant to R, >>> including source, binaries, contributed software and > documentation. >>> The `mother of the CRAN' is >>> http://cran.R-project.org/ >> >> - >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ----- >>> >>> A `FAQ' (list of Frequently Asked Questions) is available >>> from CRAN or >>> Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at> at >>> http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html >>> >> > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > .-.-.- > r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ > ._._._ > >==Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu homepage: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw ======================================================= No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw/sounds/nomatter.au ======================================================= -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jeff D. Hamann wrote:> > I don't have netscape installed on my machine (FreeBSD 4.4) and when I > type > > the command help.start(), I get > > > > > netscape: not found > > > > error. I do have mozilla installed. Is this a defect? can I run any web > > browser?To paraphrase Henry Ford, you can run any browser as long as it's netscape (at the moment). The difficulty is that R needs to be able to tell the browser to load a new page (rather than starting a new instance with that new page) when you ask for help on a topic. Most browsers don't allow this. Apparently recent Mozillas do, and it's possible that Konqueror may have a way to do this, but we don't really know how. It does need fixing, at it would be Really Nice if someone were to work out how to support more browsers. If you just want to browse through the help yourself, rather than directing help() output to the browser, you can point any browser at $R_HOME/doc/index.html -thomas Thomas Lumley Asst. Professor, Biostatistics tlumley at u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>just make a symbolic link. i.e. > >ln -s /usr/local/bin/mozilla /usr/local/bin/netscape > >On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 02:20 , Jeff D. Hamann wrote: > >>> I don't have netscape installed on my machine (FreeBSD 4.4) and when I >> type >>> the command help.start(), I get >>> >>>> netscape: not found >>> >>> error. I do have mozilla installed. Is this a defect? can I run any web >>> browser? >>> >>> jeff.I set out to take this sensible advice about making a symbolic link, but just to be sure I typed help.start() in R. I have both Mozilla 0.9.5 and Netscape 4.7 installed, on Linux (RH 7.1). (I don't know why I keep Netscape.) The help pages came up in Mozilla (which was open). I have no idea why, and I think I tried it once before without success. I installed Mozilla locally with the installer. I did not use the RPM, nor the tar file. (I think when I tried without success I had used the tar file.) Probably this won't work the next time I try it! Jon -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Straying a bit from the topic, I used to like the alphabetical list of functions that has been replaced by a search engine. Is there any way to get the alphabetical list of commands in 1.3.1 ? Murray Jorgensen Dr Murray Jorgensen http://www.stats.waikato.ac.nz/Staff/maj.html Department of Statistics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Email: maj at waikato.ac.nz Fax +64-7 838 4155 Phone +64-7 838 4773 home phone +64-7 856 6705 Mobile +64-21 139 5862 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jeff D. Hamann wrote:> ... can I run any web browser?I have used kdehelp and konqueror successfully. Both will load the URL passed as an argument. There is a description of how to modify help.start() in "Kickstarting R". The only shortcoming is that the Java-based search engine will not run. Jim -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Thomas Lumley wrote:>The difficulty is that R needs to be able to tell the browser to load >a new page (rather than starting a new instance with that new page)Why does R not start a new instance? Then one could more easily look at the help for two things at the same time. Paul Gilbert -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Jim Lemon <bitwrit at ozemail.com.au> writes:>On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jeff D. Hamann wrote: > >> ... can I run any web browser? > >I have used kdehelp and konqueror successfully. Both will load the URL >passed as an argument. There is a description of how to modify >help.start() in "Kickstarting R". The only shortcoming is that the >Java-based search engine will not run.Konqueror supports Java if you have a Java Virtual Machine in place and configure it to run Java applets. Mark -- Mark Myatt -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Jim Lemon <bitwrit at ozemail.com.au> writes:>Mark Myatt wrote: >> >> ... One problem is that it spills some stuff to the >> console while browsing the help files. A little annoying but no big >> problem. >> >Make sure that ignore.stderr=T in the system() command that starts >konqueror. That fixed it for me.Brilliant. I managed to get a (sort of) fix by redirecting output to /dev/null. This worked well for mozilla but sometimes failed for konqueror. I am new to Unix (just moved to Linux from windows) and it is al taking a bit of getting used to. Mark -- Mark Myatt -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._