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I've just posted an email to R-help with instructions on creating a Firefox keyword search of the R documentation: https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2004-November/059272.html The method involves bookmarking the RHOME/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html file. Currently this page is set up to only search help page titles: line = line + document.SearchEngine.search (searchstring,true,false,false); Note that by default the SearchEngine.html page has the Titles, Keywords and Objects boxes all checked. It would be useful for the keyword search...

.... Suppose you want to search the (local) R documentation for information about the lme function. Wouldn't it be nice to just type into the browser address bar: r lme and have the search performed? Here's how (on Windows): Click on this link: file:///C:/Progra~1/rw2000/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html?%s Bookmark the page and name the bookmark something like: R 2.0.0 doc search Edit the properties of the bookmark (by right-clicking on the bookmark) and in the keywords field enter: r Click OK. That's all there is to it except for a couple of notes: 1. The first time the local searc...

...document.getSelection) { s= document.getSelection(); } if (! (s && s.length)) { s =prompt(promptString,''); } return s; } searchString = getSearchString('Search R help:'); if (searchString != null) { if(searchString.length) { location ='file://c:/R/rw1090/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html?'+escape(searchString); } else { location ='file://c:/R/rw1090/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html'; } } })(); Useage notes: 0. Modify the path (in the script) to SearchObject.html and SearchString.html depending on your operating system and R version. 1. If text is highlig...

...;s Nfld., 2001. </p> <p> Ye-of-little-faith, O. ``An annotated bibliography of green peas and their ilk'', Journal of the Hopeless, vol. 42, 1950, pp. 101 &#150; 64. </p> <h3>See Also</h3> <p> <code><a href="../../../doc/html/search/SearchObject.html?bar">bar</a></code>, <code><a href="../../../doc/html/search/SearchObject.html?snafu">snafu</a></code>, </p> <h3>Examples</h3> <pre> #Oh come on! You can think up your own examples! </pre> <hr&g...

...1 charpent charpent 45 Dec 9 15:14 SearchEngine.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.class lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 44 Dec 9 15:14 SearchEngine.html -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 44 Dec 9 15:14 SearchObject.html -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 39 Dec 9 15:14 Tracer.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/Tracer.class lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 38 Dec 9 15:14 Value.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/Value.class -rw-r--r-...

...nt charpent 45 Dec 9 15:14 SearchEngine.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.class > lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 44 Dec 9 15:14 SearchEngine.html -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html > lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 44 Dec 9 15:14 SearchObject.html -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html > lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 39 Dec 9 15:14 Tracer.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/Tracer.class > lrwxrwxrwx 1 charpent charpent 38 Dec 9 15:14 Value.class -> /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/Value.class &...

...earchEngine-head.html': No such file or directoryln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/RtmpxI5110/.R/doc/html/search' to `/usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html': No such file or directoryln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/RtmpxI5110/.R/doc/html/search' to `/usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/SearchObject.html': No such file or directoryln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/RtmpxI5110/.R/library' to `/usr/lib/R/doc/html/R.css': No such file or directoryIf /usr/bin/firefox is already running, it is *not* restarted, and you must switch to its window.Otherwise, be patient ...Warning message:c...