[Rd] Request: bring back windows chm help support (PR#14034)

[alexios]

Peter Ehlers wrote:
> Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> On 31/10/2009 6:05 PM, alexios at 4dscape.com wrote:
>>> Full_Name: alex galanos
>>> Version: 2.10.0
>>> OS: windows vista
>>> Submission from: (NULL) (86.11.78.110)
>>>
>>>
>>> I respectfully request that the chm help support for windows, which 
>>> was very
>>> convenient, be reinstated...couldn't an online poll have been 
>>> conducted to gauge
>>> the support of this format by window's users?
> 
> First, I don't think that complaints are bugs.
> Secondly, why not give the new format a chance. Personally, I
> like it. Thanks, Duncan.
> 
>  -Peter Ehlers
> 
It was not a complaint but a simple request, which given the presence of 
a wishlist subdirectory I thought was appropriate to post. Apologies if 
it came across as such.

-Alexios Ghalanos
>>
>> I don't think it's going to come back, because nobody who knows how to 
>> bring it back wants to take on the work of maintaining it.  However,
>> what you might want to do is to contact one of the commercial 
>> providers of R, and ask them to reinstate it.  They're much more 
>> interested in market research than R Core is, because their customers 
>> pay them for their product.  They'd probably be happy to sell you an 
>> enhanced R supporting CHM help if they think there's a market for it.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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