[R] r help search and internet explorer in win2k

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Erich Neuwirth wrote:

> i installed the recent security patch for the ms java vm
> (dated early march 2002) on win2k
> and since then internet explorer regularly hangs when i try
> searching in r standard htlp help.
>
> can anybody either confirm this problem or tell me
> that it might be specific to my machine?

You haven't told us your version of IE (or for people with broken
shift keys, ie).  I have used an up-to-date IE6 successfully on XP and
Windows 2000.  There are known problems with Java and IE5.5.

There are several other browsers you could use on Windows, with proper
Java support.

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