Using this function with 2.0.0 XP and Firefox 1.0 (I've rediscovered the internet) produces a curious result.
> myString <- RSiteSearch(string = 'Ripley') > myString [1] "http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=htdigrun1;restrict=Rhe lp00/archive|Rhelp01/archive|Rhelp02a/archive;format=builtin-long;sort=score ;words=Ripley;matchesperpage=10" > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 0.0 year 2004 month 10 day 04 language R If no browser is open, then this is the URL that is browsed in Firefox: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=htdigrun1;restrict=Rhel p00/archive Oddly, these two other windows are opened too: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp01/archive/1000.html and: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg17461.html This happens regardless of what the search string is. If a browser window is open then everything works as planned. The sticky bit, obviously, is parsing browseURL which has the same behavior if I try: > browseURL(myString) However, the searches: > RSiteSearch(string = 'browseURL Firefox') > RSiteSearch(string = 'browseURL Mozilla') don't turn up much help! If I change browseURL to use IE then browseURL behaves as expected: > browseURL(myString, browser="C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe") Specifying Firefox explicitly in browseURL doesn't help - It still opens three windows as above (if no browser is open): > browseURL(myString, browser="C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe") So, under Windows the 'NULL' argument in 'browser' which determines the browser via file association isn't the problem. Anybody know how I can make Firefox work a little more smoothly? Thanks, Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [R] an R function to search on Prof. Baron's site > > > Liaw, Andy <andy_liaw <at> merck.com> writes: > > : > : Inspired by the functions that Barry Rawlingson and Dave > Forrest posted for > : searching Rwiki and R-help archive, I've made up a function > that does the > : search on Prof. Baron's site (Thanks to Prof. Baron's help on > setting up the > : query string!): > > It would be nice if this and the other search functions recently > posted were collected into a package or even integrated into > R itself. In the case of the Windows Rgui, it would be nice if they > appeared on a menu with the other search and help functions. > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
