[R-SIG-Mac] R.app Help window problem with mouse click on PDF hyperlink

[Steven McKinney]

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
R.app Version 2.4.0 GUI 1.17 (3868)


If I invoke a help window containing a URL to a PDF,
and I click on the hyperlink to the PDF, I get a
"Choose application" dialog window.  After dismissing
the window, the R help window disappears and I see
the following error output in the R.app GUI command line
window (see below).  

Anyone else noticing this behaviour?

Reproduce:
Start R.app
Enter help command
  > help("Methods", package = "methods")

Click on the PDF hyperlink at the bottom of the help page

  http://developer.r-project.org/howMethodsWork.pdf


(The hyperlink does work when I copy and paste it to a
 browser.)

If I then reinvoke help
  > help("Methods", package = "methods")
and click on the hyperlink, the help window goes
blank but no "Choose Application" dialog appears,
no error message in the console.


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Console output:
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R version 2.4.0 (2006-10-03)
Copyright (C) 2006 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

  Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

[Workspace restored from /Users/stevenmckinney/.RData]

> help("Methods", package = "methods")
2006-10-12 16:14:12.389 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
2006-10-12 16:14:12.464 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
2006-10-12 16:14:12.471 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
2006-10-12 16:14:12.519 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
2006-10-12 16:14:24.730 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
2006-10-12 16:14:24.821 R[463] CFLog (21): Error loading /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat:  error code 4, error number 0 (Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MSL.framework/Versions/A/MSL
  Referenced from: /Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0.8/Adobe Reader 7.0.8.app/Contents/Frameworks/Acrobat.framework/Acrobat
  Reason: image not found)
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Steven McKinney

Statistician
Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program
British Columbia Cancer Research Centre

email: smckinney at bccrc.ca

tel: 604-675-8000 x7561

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