[R] Configuring R-2.10 help html server on Linux?

[Tom Wainwright]

On 11/23/2009 04:39 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
...
>
> The proxy issue is referenced in ?tools::startDynamicHelp, which is
> linked from ?help.start:
>
> "Details
>
> ...
>
> The browser in use does need to be able to connect to the loopback
> interface: occasionally it is set to use a proxy for HTTP on all
> interfaces, which will not work – the solution is to add an exception
> for 127.0.0.1.
>
> ..."
>
> The Firefox configuration/preference dialogs are similar across OSs,
> albeit on OSX they are at the top of the display rather than on the
> Firefox application window frame as on other OSs. Here is link to the
> Mozilla support site:
>
> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel#Network_tab
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>

Marc,

Thanks for the tips on where to find it in 'help'.  I wouldn't have thought of 
looking under startDynamicHelp, as I already knew the server was starting up OK. 
  Also, that advice about proxies doesn't actually appear in the help for 
tools::startDynamicHelp in my version (2.10.0 (2009-10-26)); maybe it was added 
or removed recently??

-- 
Tom Wainwright
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Newport, Oregon
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