[R] help uses only netscape?

[Jeff D. Hamann]

well help.start( browser = "mozilla" ) started the browser, but I get the 
mozilla web page, not the R index.html page. Can I use help.start( 
browser="mozilla", page="$R_HOME/doc/index.html" )?

Thanks,
Jeff


 On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, 
Patrick Connolly wrote:

> According to Jonathan Baron:
> |> 
> |> >just make a symbolic link. i.e.
> |> >
> |> >ln -s /usr/local/bin/mozilla /usr/local/bin/netscape
> |> >
> |> >On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 02:20 , Jeff D. Hamann wrote:
> |> >
> |> >>> I don't have netscape installed on my machine (FreeBSD 4.4) and when I
> |> >> type
> |> >>> the command help.start(), I get
> |> >>>
> |> >>>> netscape: not found
> |> >>>
> |> >>> error. I do have mozilla installed. Is this a defect? can I run any web
> |> >>> browser?
> |> >>>
> |> >>> jeff.
> |> 
> |> I set out to take this sensible advice about making a symbolic
> |> link, but just to be sure I typed
> |> 
> |> help.start()
> 
> I can use help.start(browser = "opera") to get it to use Opera.
> Mozilla also works also.
> 
> However, I think Murray's question was what has become of the
> alphabetical function list?  We get ~/.R/doc/html/index.html
> 
> which seems to be the same as
> 
>  $R_HOME/doc/index.html 
> 
> which is not what it used to be.
> 
> I think the browser part is working very well.  It's just that they
> aren't directed to what we'd like them to.
> 
> I'd be very interested to know how to get that list again.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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