Thanks. I found the issue. I was starting R in a terminal with the command 'sudo R', help.start() was not able to communicate Firefox when already running. Works fine when R is started as user. --Dale
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Marc Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Connolly wrote: > > On Sun, 02-Mar-2008 at 05:32PM -0500, Dale Steele wrote: > > > > |> Using linux fedora 8 (x86_64) I get the following when firefox is > > |> already running. Is there a way to adjust settings in either R or > > |> firefox to open a new tab when help.start() is invoked? Thanks. > > > > Using FC6, it works as it says, except that I don't have to switch to > > the firefox window: it does that in about 1 second (and in a new tab). > > That's if I use firefox as the browser: if I use konqueror, it DOES > > start a new instance contrary to the message. > > > > My guess is that it has to do with your window manager's settings. > > There are many permutations that could be different from mine. I > > don't think it's an R setting. > > > > |> --Dale > > |> > > |> > help.start() > > |> Making links in per-session dir ... > > |> If '/usr/bin/firefox' is already running, it is *not* restarted, and > > |> you must switch to its window. > > |> Otherwise, be patient ... > > In the Firefox menus go to: > > Edit -> Preferences -> Tabs > > On that page, under "New pages should be opened in:" > > Select 'a new tab' > > If you are getting a new instance of Firefox, you likely have 'a new > window' selected rather than 'a new tab'. > > The above works in FF version 2 and 3 beta on F8. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
