[R] Location of HTML help files

[Keith Ponting]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jan Smit <smit1 at un.org> wrote:
> I am using R 2.7.1 under Windows XP, installed at C:/R/R-2.7.1.
>
> The location of the HTML SearchEngine is
> file:///C:/R/R-2.7.1/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html. Now, when I
type 
a
> phrase, say "reshape", in the search text field, the Search Results
page
> suggest that the location of the reshape HTML help file is
> file:///C:/R/library/stats/html/reshape.html, while in reality it is
> file:///C:/R/R-2.7.1/library/stats/html/reshape.html.
>
> Is there an easy way in which I can fix this?

I too had this problem with Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1 (but not with 3.0 RC1
by the way).
A work-around which works for me is to go directly to the search engine
page (enter URI
file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/R/R-2.7.1/doc/html/search/SearchEngin
e.html on my Windows Vista installation), rather than going there by
following the link on the R documentation page
(file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/R/R-2.7.1/doc/html/index.html) 

Keith Ponting
Aurix Ltd, Malvern WR14 3SZ  UK