I noted that the new html-help in 2.10 under Windows uses a random port on my computer. This cause a problem, because when I create a link such as: http://127.0.0.1:28027/library/stats/html/addmargins.html this is for one-time use only. Is it possible to fix the port? Dieter Menne -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fixing-html-help-port-in-2.10-tp25926528p25926528.html Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On 10/16/2009 10:39 AM, Dieter Menne wrote:> I noted that the new html-help in 2.10 under Windows uses a random port on my > computer. > This cause a problem, because when I create a link such as: > > http://127.0.0.1:28027/library/stats/html/addmargins.html > > this is for one-time use only. Is it possible to fix the port?Not currently. If you look in tools:::startDynamicHelp you can see how it is set up; you could duplicate that setup as a temporary workaround. You might be better off to build R with static help instead. What is the application where you want to be able to give out links? Perhaps we could consult an environment variable or option() to choose the port instead of leaving it completely random. The reason it is random is the worry that multiple R instances on the same machine might collide. All processes on the machine see the same ports. Duncan Murdoch
Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:> > On 10/16/2009 10:39 AM, Dieter Menne wrote: >> I noted that the new html-help in 2.10 under Windows uses a random port >> on my >> computer. >> This cause a problem, because when I create a link such as: >> >> http://127.0.0.1:28027/library/stats/html/addmargins.html >> >> this is for one-time use only. Is it possible to fix the port? > > Not currently. If you look in tools:::startDynamicHelp you can see how > ... >Too bad. When I saw the port, I immediately changed all my static links to use the ports, because it looked like a good idea to have addresses that do not change when I install into a new directory. Back to the drawing board. Maybe I should use R_HOME instead. Dieter -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fixing-html-help-port-in-2.10-tp25926528p25926875.html Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.