From rossini@u.washington.edu  Tue Apr 30 06:27:30 2002
From: rossini@u.washington.edu (A.J. Rossini)
Date: 29 Apr 2002 22:27:30 -0700
Subject: [Rd] finding vignettes for new users...
In-Reply-To: <15566.10263.747991.415753@mithrandir.hornik.net>
References: <87bsc2bd05.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>
 <15566.10263.747991.415753@mithrandir.hornik.net>
Message-ID: <87znzlu56l.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>

>>>>> "kurt" == Kurt Hornik <hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

>>>>> A J Rossini writes:
    >> What would be the best way to point new users to the PDF vignette
    >> file?   (it would be just jolly if library(vignette=packagename) fired
    >> up acrobat reader :-).

    kurt> The current procedure is that

    kurt> 	help(package = "FOO")
    kurt> 	library(help = "FOO")

    kurt> points you to the vignettes in package FOO (provided that there are
    kurt> some).  How to actually view them is something we need to carefully
    kurt> consider: e.g., an alternative would be to integrate viewing pdf into
    kurt> our current HTML help system.  I am not saying that this is a good idea
    kurt> though as I think we want to move to something that can render HTML and
    kurt> be controlled from R.

I'm more fond of the Unix way -- schlep the docs off to an appropriate
viewer.  (acroread, gv, or xpdf for Unix -- not sure what is
appropriate for Windows or Macs).

However, I'm being slow as usual -- of course most HTML browsers
"support" PDF viewers (as plugins or otherwise).

I can at least code that for local or restricted use.  Thanks, Kurt...

best,
-tony

-- 
A.J. Rossini				Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics
U. of Washington Biostatistics		rossini@u.washington.edu	
FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net	rossini@scharp.org
-------------- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ ----------------
FHCRC: M-W: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email
UW:   Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX
(my friday location is usually completely unpredictable.)


-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html
Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe"
(in the "body", not the subject !)  To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._


[Rd] finding vignettes for new users...
A.J. Rossini