From jago@mclink.it  Tue Apr 30 21:14:09 2002
From: jago@mclink.it (Stefano Iacus)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:14:09 +0200
Subject: [Rd] finding vignettes for new users...
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Under MacOS/MacOSX it is possibile to render html using some system APIs.

stefano

On Marted, aprile 30, 2002, at 07:27 , A.J. Rossini wrote:

>>>>>> "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
>
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[Rd] finding vignettes for new users...
Stefano Iacus