[Rd] Fixing html help port in 2.10

[Dieter Menne]

Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
> 
> On 10/16/2009 10:39 AM, Dieter Menne wrote:
>> I noted that the new html-help in 2.10 under Windows uses a random port
>> on my
>> computer.
>> This cause a problem, because when I create a link such as:
>> 
>> http://127.0.0.1:28027/library/stats/html/addmargins.html
>> 
>> this is for one-time use only. Is it possible to fix the port?
> 
> Not currently.  If you look in tools:::startDynamicHelp you can see how 
> ...
> 

Too bad. When I saw the port, I immediately changed all my static links to
use the ports, because it looked like a good idea to have addresses that do
not change when I install into a new directory.

Back to the drawing board. Maybe I should use R_HOME instead.

Dieter


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