[Rd] problem with help.start() in R (PR#1156)
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:50:47 +0100 (MET)
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr wrote:
> Hi,
> The function help.start() assume that the brower is netscape
> which is no longer the dominant brower in used. I am using now opera
On what operating system is this? On Unix/Linux you should be using
options(browser="opera"). On Windows/Mac you can't set the browser
anyway.
> and other use mozilla or Microsoft IE. I can always type
See the requirements for a browser in the details under ?help.start.
Neither of those (nor Netscape 6.1) worked when I tried them with -remote.
> help.start(browser="opera"), but it is not convenience: I would like
> to be able to set the default brwsernone for all. But the real bug is
> that even after launching help.start(browser="opera"), other help
> commands, help(help), say, still send the "help page" to netscape. Here
> is what I get
>
> > help.start(browser="opera")
> If opera is already running, it is *not* restarted,
> and you must switch to its window.
> Otherwise, be patient..
> > help(help)
> help() for help is shown in browser netscape ...
> Use help( help , htmlhelp=FALSE)
> or options(htmlhelp = FALSE)
> to revert.
> > sh: netscape: command not found
>
> Please correct this bug.
I don't think it is a bug in R but I have expanded the documentation.
Please do use the bug.report() function, as critical information is
missing from this report.
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