[R] r-help: mozilla and R -- again

[Sam McClatchie]

System info:
Mandrake 9.0
R Version 1.6.1
ESS 5.1.21
Emacs 21.2.1
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-----Original Message-----
 > >From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
 > >[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Anne York
 > >Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:52 PM
 > >To: Help R
 > >Subject: [R] mozilla and R -- again
 > >
 > >
 > >I noticed last week that when using mozilla (both 1.2 and 1.3)
 > >as  the help browser in R, it exhibits the following behavior:
 > >
 > >1. assuming the browser is running go to the help -> "search
 > >engine and key words"
 > >
 > >2. enter a string, say "plot"
 > >
 > >3. when the "search results" are displayed, click on
 > >something, say "abline"
 > >
 > >4. go back to the search results using the browser "Back" button
 > >
 > >5. click on something else, eg, "arrows"
 > >
 > >Nothing happens.  I get the same results with mozilla 1.2 and
 > >1.3 running R 1.6.2 in both RH 8.0 and Windows 2000.
 > >
 > >Seems like the links just die. I'm wondering if this is this
 > >simply a mozilla issue as browsers work fine with R.  Or
 > >perhaps some of the R gurus might have some idea if mozilla
 > >can be configured differently to work better with R?
 > >

Hi

Yes, I got the same result with Mozilla 1.1
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
but how serious is the inconvenience? After clicking on 'arrows' and 
going nowhere, it is a matter of a second or two to back out to the 
search panel, type in arrows and you are there.

OK, it's not perfect, but who is?

Sam
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NIWA (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd)
PO Box 14 901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
s.mcclatchie at niwa.cri.nz
Research home page <http://www.smcc.150m.com/>
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