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CRAN website: link targets

2 messages · Gregor Gorjanc, Brian Ripley

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Gregor Gorjanc
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Hello R-masters!

R and CRAN webpages use HTML frames for layout. Links to files such as PDF 
are therefore opened within frame. However, with PDFs this can be 
distracting if you have a small monitor, since left frame can be small for 
viewing PDFs with bookmark toolbar in the left in Acrobat Reader. It isn't 
such a bug problem with others i.e. (K)Ghostview etc, but it can be still 
small to look at.

I suggest to add targets to all links to PDF files. If one wants to see 
that link will be opened in new frame/tab then target="_blank" should used, 
otherwise target="_top" will cause that PDF will be opened "over all 
frames" of current website.

I can help if you find this idea good and don't find time to do it.
Brian Ripley
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Gregor GORJANC wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
This is R-devel, not the feedback page for CRAN/www.r-project.org.

            

      
      
      
    

        
R webpages do not AFAICS.  www.r-project.org may, but that is not R.

            

      
      
      
    

        
That is a function of your browser settings, not part of the WWW standard.
Other settings open files in the assigned PDF reader.

            

      
      
      
    

        
A decent browser will allow you the choice of opening in the frame, in a 
new tab/window or in the application (here the PDF reader).  If yours does 
not, try a better browser (e.g. Firefox).


What I do think is desirable is for *off-site* HTML links (e.g. for the 
mailing lists) to use target="_top".  That is certainly what my O'Reilly 
HTML book recommends.