[Rd] possible help.start() bug

[Charles C. Berry]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Michele Alzetta wrote:

> I have compiled R 2.0.0 for my gentoo desktop and have found this problem:
>
> help.start() will work correcly if mozilla is already started, will
> fail if mozilla is not.
>
> Error message:
>
>> help.start()
> Making links in per-session dir ...
> If /usr/bin/mozilla is already running, it is *not* restarted, and you
>    must switch to its window.
> Otherwise, be patient ...
>> No running windows found
> Error: No running window found.
>
> Is this reproducible on other systems ?

On my gentoo sparc:

platform sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu
arch     sparc64
os       linux-gnu
system   sparc64, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    0.0
year     2004
month    10
day      04
language R

behavior is the same UNLESS mozilla is already running in which case

 	file:///tmp/Rtmpzu1Um5/.R/doc/html/index.html

is displayed.


help.start() works just fine from my x86 linux box:
          _
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686
os       linux-gnu
system   i686, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    0.0
year     2004
month    10
day      04
language R


Chuck

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