[Rd] Default broswer for OS X (PR#2725)
james at freelancepropaganda.com
james at freelancepropaganda.com
Fri Apr 4 07:04:50 MEST 2003
Full_Name: James Howison
Version: 1.6.2
OS: OS X (fink install)
Submission from: (NULL) (66.67.80.30)
The default browser for the html help system is not set correctly for OS X.
This makes the html help work great on OS X:
> options(browser = "open")
> help.start()
"open" is an OS X launcher app that inspects a file and launches it with the
appropriate application (it is the same as double clicking). It launches in the
system preferred browser - which is great - integration with the OS for free :)
Perhaps this could be added to the darwin.hints file (if such a thing is used
for R) or otherwise added in so that it is the default.
The user-experience is definately increased by being able to read the help at
the same time one uses it :)
I've promoted the packager for the OS X fink package to set this as the default
in the build if that is possible.
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