Re: [Rd] two help problems in R-2.0.0 for Windows (PR#7269)
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prof Brian Ripley wrote: On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, for htmlhelp, there is another error. The browser (e.g. Mozilla 1.7.3) tries to open T:\R\library\stats\html/Normal.html and has problems with different kinds of slashes (/ vs. \). I can't reproduce that. I get forward slashes only. Can you track down where the \ are coming from? Brian, you are right, in the object file, there are only forward slashes. Looks like Mozilla (1.7.3) cannot interpret T:/R/library/stats/html/Normal.html and it changes the string in its navigation bar to: T:\R\library\stats\html/Normal.html Specifying file:///T:/R/library/stats/html/Normal.html works, but the file:/// part seems to be required if using forward slashes. Note that the fix to use chartr(/, \\, file) is also used in help.start(). I guess there was a reason to include it. One reason was not to confuse human readers, who get a message containing the file path. It seemed strange that Mozilla 1.7.3 fails whereas Firefox succeeds (and even IE6 succeeds). So I installed Mozilla to find out, and it does work for me (Windows XP SP2). So it's something to do with your system vs mine, not different browsers. I think I need to do some more extensive tests to decide if the right fix is to use a filespec with \ or a file:// URL. One problem about the latter is that some browser used to require : replaced by | -- I think it was Netscape4 but I don't know if it is relevant. options(chmhelp=FALSE, htmlhelp=TRUE) ?dnorm # does not work! This can be fixed by changing line 4 in .../src/library/utils/R/windows/help.R as follows: -browseURL(file) +browseURL(chartr(/, \\, file)) AArgh, I've never used non-text help pages in the developer releases ... and obviously nobody else ... Well, I have and Firefox works properly, for example. I've not used Mozilla recently as Firefox seems rather better. I also checked, and IE6 works too. Do you have a browser set (options(browser=)), or are you relying on file associations? The latter. Since this is to be a file:// URL, I believe forward slashes are correct, but we are at the mercy of Windows browser providers. See above. The line browseURL(paste(file://, file, sep=/)) works for me. Uwe Brian __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
[Rd] inst directory
R CMD check on a Windows system, halts with the following; installing inst files FIND: Parameter format not correct make[2]: *** [C:/AlgDesign/AlgDesign.Rcheck/AlgDesign/inst]Error 2 make[1] *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-AlgDesign] Error2 *** Installation of AlgDesign failed The inst directory contains the sub directory doc with a pdf and dvi file. Any sub directory in inst seems to cause this problem. The check was OK prior to 1.9.0. What has changed? If it is in the R documentation, I have missed it. -- Bob Wheeler --- http://www.bobwheeler.com/ ECHIP, Inc. --- Randomness comes in bunches. __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] inst directory
Bob Wheeler wrote: R CMD check on a Windows system, halts with the following; installing inst files FIND: Parameter format not correct Ahh! You have to add the tools set in the path before the Windows system directory, because this way Windows' find was found rather than the one from the tools set. Uwe Ligges make[2]: *** [C:/AlgDesign/AlgDesign.Rcheck/AlgDesign/inst]Error 2 make[1] *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-AlgDesign] Error2 *** Installation of AlgDesign failed The inst directory contains the sub directory doc with a pdf and dvi file. Any sub directory in inst seems to cause this problem. The check was OK prior to 1.9.0. What has changed? If it is in the R documentation, I have missed it. __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] You do need to follow the instructions! (was inst directory)
On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Bob Wheeler wrote: R CMD check on a Windows system, halts with the following; installing inst files FIND: Parameter format not correct make[2]: *** [C:/AlgDesign/AlgDesign.Rcheck/AlgDesign/inst]Error 2 make[1] *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-AlgDesign] Error2 *** Installation of AlgDesign failed Note that this is actually coming from R CMD INSTALL The inst directory contains the sub directory doc with a pdf and dvi file. Any sub directory in inst seems to cause this problem. The check was OK prior to 1.9.0. What has changed? If it is in the R documentation, I have missed it. Please do not ignore warnings: FIND: Parameter format not correct is almost certainly telling you that *you* have not followed the instructions. You still have not told us your OS nor version of R, but seeing FIND up there suggests this is Windows and that you have not followed the instructions in README.packages correctly. Please do read and follow the injunction at the top of that file. It looks like you have ignored To avoid frustration, please use our tool set, and make sure it is at the front of your path (including before the Windows system directories). since you want find.exe from Rtools, not FIND.EXE from the Windows system directories. I think you have leapt to incorrect conclusions about the source of this error. As confirmation, it is a matter of public record that AlgDesign on CRAN does pass R CMD check on both Linux and Windows. It would have been much better to have asked `Why do I get the message FIND: Parameter format not correct when I try to install a package (such as AlgDesign) with inst and inst/doc directories.' Please see both the posting guide and the section in the FAQ on BUGS. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] inst directory
My thanks to all who replied. That fixed it. Uwe Ligges wrote: Bob Wheeler wrote: R CMD check on a Windows system, halts with the following; installing inst files FIND: Parameter format not correct Ahh! You have to add the tools set in the path before the Windows system directory, because this way Windows' find was found rather than the one from the tools set. Uwe Ligges make[2]: *** [C:/AlgDesign/AlgDesign.Rcheck/AlgDesign/inst]Error 2 make[1] *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-AlgDesign] Error2 *** Installation of AlgDesign failed The inst directory contains the sub directory doc with a pdf and dvi file. Any sub directory in inst seems to cause this problem. The check was OK prior to 1.9.0. What has changed? If it is in the R documentation, I have missed it. -- Bob Wheeler --- http://www.bobwheeler.com/ ECHIP, Inc. --- Randomness comes in bunches. __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
