[Rd] Bug#123084: r-base: R documentatio search engine unusable (PR#1205)

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

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
>

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