On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:11:33 +0000 (GMT) Damon Wischik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > Did you check the rw-FAQ? It says > > If the help search system does not work _at all_, this probably > > indicates that Java support is either not installed or not enabled in > > your browser. Recent versions of browsers have made Java support > > optional: for example it is optional in Netscape 6/7 and in Opera, > > and may not be installed for IE6 on Windows XP. You also need > > JavaScript enabled. > > I might add one can test if Java support is installed+enabled by going > to > http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp > This is Sun's java test page. > > My situation is that Java support is installed+enabled, but R help is > still not working. This indicates some issue to do with the > Javascript/Java interface. It might be paranoid security settings, > though I've turned of all the security options I can find. > > Is there anyone running Mozilla Firebird 0.6 or 0.7 on Debian 3.0 who > has got HTML searching to work? mozilla-firebird on Debian 3 does not work for me by default, even with java and javascript activated. I've always wondered whether there is a way to implement this without java since the java approach has caused so many problems for users and it seems to entail some overhead. I routinely do options(browser='dillo'); help.start(); ?functionname. The menus do not work but html help file displays are fine, and extremely quick. Frank --- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
