I'm experiencing a new and annoying phenomenon which seems to consist of an unfortunate interaction between R-1.7.0 and netscape version 7. When I invoke help.start(), a netscape window duly appears with the browser pointed at the file .../R/doc/html/index.html as one would hope and expect. However if I then ask for help on a function, e.g. > help(glm) the help does NOT get displayed in the existing netscape window. Instead, up pops a small window asking me to ``Select User Profile''. If I click on ``Start Netscape 7.0'' in this small window, I get a message saying ``Netscape 7.0 cannot use the profile ``rolf'' because it is in use. Please choose another profile or create a new one.'' If I do create a new one, and then ask for help on another function, the same thing happens unless I explicitly close the window in which the help on glm() is displayed. OK, I can do that, and keep a ``profile'' around for displaying R help, but it's an irritation and a slow-down. Is there a way to tell R or netscape --- I'm not sure which one I should be talking to --- to display the help in the existing netscape window, and not keep trying to open new ones under new ``profiles''? cheers, Rolf Turner rolf at math.unb.ca
help.start in R-1.7.0 with Netscape 7.0.
2 messages · Rolf Turner, David Scott
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Rolf Turner wrote:
I'm experiencing a new and annoying phenomenon which seems to consist of an unfortunate interaction between R-1.7.0 and netscape version 7. When I invoke help.start(), a netscape window duly appears with the browser pointed at the file .../R/doc/html/index.html as one would hope and expect. However if I then ask for help on a function, e.g.
> help(glm)
the help does NOT get displayed in the existing netscape window. Instead, up pops a small window asking me to ``Select User Profile''. If I click on ``Start Netscape 7.0'' in this small window, I get a message saying ``Netscape 7.0 cannot use the profile ``rolf'' because it is in use. Please choose another profile or create a new one.''
I think this is a thoughtful new feature of Netscape---I have encountered
this sort of catch 22 from Netscape on a linux box when I have not been
interacting with R at all. I simply wanted to use Netscape but it said
dscott was in use and I had to create a new user profile. Subsequently I
have to choose from dscott or the new profile I was forced to create.
Possibly if you do create a new profile, you might be able to use rolf on
your use of Netscape for help in R
David Scott
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