Bug#123084: r-base: R documentatio search engine unusable (PR#1205)

  "Brian" == Brian Ripley <Prof> writes:
  Brian>  On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 edd@debian.org wrote:
  Dirk> As there is nothing Debian-specific in this bug report (and the .deb
  Dirk> of the JVW is not from Debian either), I am forwarding this to
  Dirk> R-bugs. My recollection from recent discussions on the R mailing list
  Dirk> is that currently /no/ browser other than Netscape supports the Java
  Dirk> search engine -- is that correct or was there some Netscape
  Dirk> derivative (galeon?) which does?  Maybe the documentation should be
  Dirk> enhanced in time for 1.4.0 to clarify this.
  Brian>  It's very far from correct!  The search engine works with Netscape
  Brian> 6.2 on Linux (and Windows), and with Internet Explorer and Opera 5
  Brian> on Windows.  (We were told it works with Internet Explorer on Linux

IE on Linux? Really?

  Brian> too.) Opera uses Sun's 1.3.1, as I recall, so I don't think this is
  Brian> a Java-1.1 vs 1.3 issue.  (I've just checked: Netscape 6.2 uses JRE
  Brian> 1.3.1.)
  Brian>
  Brian> What BTW is `Mozilla 6'?  The current Mozilla is 0.9.6, so `6' seems
  Brian> a decade or so away.
  Brian>
  Brian> Which documentation do you suggest is altered and how?  Given that

I was looking at "help(help.start)" on 1.3.1 first, what the Dec 5 snapshot
of 1.4.0 has is indeed better:

     The `browser' needs to work with a `"-remote openURL(...)"' call.
     Then, the hypertext R help interface is opened in any already
     running browser or a new one if necessary.  Browsers that support
     this interface include Netscape 4.x, 6.2 (but not 6.0/1), Opera 5
     and Mozilla 0.9.5.

So shall we can close this?

Dirk

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