[R-pkg-devel] browseURL in examples

[Berry Boessenkool]

Hi all,
 
In the CRAN package policies [1], it says 
 
"Packages should not start external software (such as PDF viewers or
browsers) during examples or tests unless that specific instance of
the software is explicitly closed afterwards."
 
If I want to refer to a website with browseURL in the examples, 
what's the most elegant way to do it? 

\dontrun --> obtrusive "## not run" parts, confuse new R-users
# browseURL("www.link.html") --> user must uncomment things


Or do you think links should only be used in Vignettes / References section?

In this case, it's a reference to a statistical method,
and yes, I slightly feel like I'm misusing the examples section.
But I think that's where most people explore function usage...


Thanks for any ideas and thoughts,
Berry

[1]
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html
 
 		 	   		  
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