Steve Rowley
2009-Dec-22 20:40 UTC
[R] Building static HTML help pages in R 2.10.x on Windows
I upgraded to R2.10.1pat and discovered, along with everybody else,
that static HTML pages are no longer the default. Fine; my tastes
would go the other way, but I'm happy to adapt.
However, I'd still like to build static HTML pages (for stable
bookmarking, use when R is not running, etc.).
I'm using the Windows installer, so the advice in the R Installation &
Admin guide (section 2.2, "Help options") to use the configure option
--enable-prebuilt-html doesn't seem to apply. I'm using
install.packages() rather than R CMD INSTALL, so I don't quite
understand how the --html arg to R CMD INSTALL can apply either.
So, can anybody point me to an example of either:
(a) how to build the static HTML help pages of all currently
installed packages under Windows,
or, failing that
(b) how to do this on Windows ab initio, from a clean install?
Thanks!
--
Steve Rowley <sgr at alum.mit.edu> http://alum.mit.edu/www/sgr/
Heinz Tuechler
2009-Dec-27 08:34 UTC
[R] Building static HTML help pages in R 2.10.x on Windows
Instead of an answer, may I add question c) can someone state that it is impossible to generate static HTML help pages under Windows? At 21:40 22.12.2009, Steve Rowley wrote:>I upgraded to R2.10.1pat and discovered, along with everybody else, >that static HTML pages are no longer the default. Fine; my tastes >would go the other way, but I'm happy to adapt. > >However, I'd still like to build static HTML pages (for stable >bookmarking, use when R is not running, etc.). > >I'm using the Windows installer, so the advice in the R Installation & >Admin guide (section 2.2, "Help options") to use the configure option >--enable-prebuilt-html doesn't seem to apply. I'm using >install.packages() rather than R CMD INSTALL, so I don't quite >understand how the --html arg to R CMD INSTALL can apply either. > >So, can anybody point me to an example of either: > >(a) how to build the static HTML help pages of all currently > installed packages under Windows, > >or, failing that > >(b) how to do this on Windows ab initio, from a clean install? > >Thanks! >-- >Steve Rowley <sgr at alum.mit.edu> http://alum.mit.edu/www/sgr/ > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list >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.