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

[Denis Chabot]

This happens to me all the time, too. I don't remember when it  
started, but it was definitely the case for v 2.3 and the many  
versions of the gui that accompanied it.

Denis
Le 06-10-13 à 06:00, r-sig-mac-request at stat.math.ethz.ch a écrit :
>
> 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.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Console output:
> ---------------------------------------------
> 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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