ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
2001-Dec-09 17:59 UTC
[Rd] Bug#123084: r-base: R documentatio search engine unusable (PR#1205)
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:> > "Brian" == Brian Ripley <Prof> writes: > Brian> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 edd@debian.org wrote: > Dirk> As there is nothing Debian-specific in this bug report (and the .deb > Dirk> of the JVW is not from Debian either), I am forwarding this to > Dirk> R-bugs. My recollection from recent discussions on the R mailing list > Dirk> is that currently /no/ browser other than Netscape supports the Java > Dirk> search engine -- is that correct or was there some Netscape > Dirk> derivative (galeon?) which does? Maybe the documentation should be > Dirk> enhanced in time for 1.4.0 to clarify this. > Brian> It's very far from correct! The search engine works with Netscape > Brian> 6.2 on Linux (and Windows), and with Internet Explorer and Opera 5 > Brian> on Windows. (We were told it works with Internet Explorer on Linux > > IE on Linux? Really?So he said ....> > Brian> too.) Opera uses Sun's 1.3.1, as I recall, so I don't think this is > Brian> a Java-1.1 vs 1.3 issue. (I've just checked: Netscape 6.2 uses JRE > Brian> 1.3.1.) > Brian> > Brian> What BTW is `Mozilla 6'? The current Mozilla is 0.9.6, so `6' seems > Brian> a decade or so away. > Brian> > Brian> Which documentation do you suggest is altered and how? Given that > > I was looking at "help(help.start)" on 1.3.1 first, what the Dec 5 snapshot > of 1.4.0 has is indeed better: > > The `browser' needs to work with a `"-remote openURL(...)"' call. > Then, the hypertext R help interface is opened in any already > running browser or a new one if necessary. Browsers that support > this interface include Netscape 4.x, 6.2 (but not 6.0/1), Opera 5 > and Mozilla 0.9.5. > > So shall we can close this?Yes, will do.> Dirk > > -- > Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment. > -- F. Brooks >-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, 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 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
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