From ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de  Wed Jun  7 07:31:56 2000
From: ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de (Uwe Ligges)
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 08:31:56 +0200
Subject: [Rd] crash after help(..., chmhelp=TRUE) (PR#562)
References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10006061847550.8745-100000@auk.stats>
Message-ID: <393DEC5C.E23DEBDB@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>

Prof Brian D Ripley wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > I tried to use compiled html on the following system:
> > NT4.0 SP6 (with _old_ IE3), R-1.0.1.
> >
> > R > help(ls, chmhelp=TRUE)
> > ... but nothing happens ...
> >
> > >From the R Readme:
> >    "To make use of this you will need a recent version of
> >    Windows or IE4 or later installed, or use the updater hhupd.exe
> >    on CRAN at bin/windows/windows-NT/etc."
> >
> > So I used the updater 'hhupd.exe'. After that (and rebooting, ...):
> >
> > R > help(ls, chmhelp=TRUE)
> >
> > Here R crashes (Dr. Watson)....
> >
> > The same happens on another machine with IE3 _and_ Netscape 4.73.
> > After installing IE5 everything works fine.
> 
> Looks like a MicroSoft versioning problem....  With NT4.0Sp5 the updater
> works. I doubt if is needed at all for NT4.0Sp6, which is `a recent version
> of Windows', surely.
>
> Not an R bug, surely?


But without using 'hhupd.exe' on NT4.0Sp6, really nothing happens after
  R > help(ls, chmhelp=TRUE)

Or do I misunderstand the Readme?  If not, it is a "bug" of the readme.

Maybe this crash of RGui is not really an R bug (?), but it should be
mentioned in the readme, I think.

Regards,
Uwe Ligges
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[Rd] crash after help(..., chmhelp=TRUE) (PR#562)
Uwe Ligges