Configuring R-2.10 help html server on Linux?
On Nov 23, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Tom Wainwright wrote:
On 11/23/2009 04:39 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote: ...
The proxy issue is referenced in ?tools::startDynamicHelp, which is linked from ?help.start: "Details ... The browser in use does need to be able to connect to the loopback interface: occasionally it is set to use a proxy for HTTP on all interfaces, which will not work ? the solution is to add an exception for 127.0.0.1. ..." The Firefox configuration/preference dialogs are similar across OSs, albeit on OSX they are at the top of the display rather than on the Firefox application window frame as on other OSs. Here is link to the Mozilla support site: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel#Network_tab HTH, Marc Schwartz
Marc, Thanks for the tips on where to find it in 'help'. I wouldn't have thought of looking under startDynamicHelp, as I already knew the server was starting up OK. Also, that advice about proxies doesn't actually appear in the help for tools::startDynamicHelp in my version (2.10.0 (2009-10-26)); maybe it was added or removed recently??
Tom, Apologies. Upon further review, it looks like that last paragraph was added by Prof. Ripley on 10/29 in SVN Rev 50257. I am using a more recent version: R version 2.10.0 Patched (2009-11-07 r50337) so I have it here. Thus, I need to overturn my initial call on the field... You can see the original 2.10.0 release version of the file here: https://svn.r-project.org/R/tags/R-2-10-0/src/library/tools/man/startDynamicHelp.Rd and the current 2.10.0 patched version here, which has some other changes by Duncan and Kurt: https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-2-10-branch/src/library/tools/man/startDynamicHelp.Rd Regards, Marc