[R-SIG-Mac]options(browser=?) on MAC OS X 10.2.x

[Jan de Leeuw]

I have a script /usr/local/bin/netscape which contains

#!/bin/sh
open -a Safari /usr/local/lib/R/doc/html/index.html

No need to do anything with options(), just uses the
default.

--- Jan

On Sunday, Mar 9, 2003, at 16:57 US/Pacific, rob wrote:

> Just installed R (1.6.2 and 1.7.0-pre) on my powerbook. Not sure if  
> there is
> a FAQ list, but I have troubles configuring help.start().
>
> Right now I have specified:
>
> > options(browser="open /Applications/Netscape/Netscape.app")
>
> That does not work well (it does start a browser, Safari, Netscape
> or IE, dependent on the browser string), but does not respond to
> say help(diag) after help.start().
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
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