I'm not sure how not to use chm help, since that's the only way I've ever done things.
But why would things work well from a USB Flash Drive and not for a CD when the folders are identical? (The CD was burned from the image on the Flash Drive.) Charles Annis, P.E. charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca] Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 5:23 PM To: charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Running R from a read-only CD On 25/05/2009 5:18 PM, Charles Annis, P.E. wrote: > After reading your suggested page, it does appear that the problem is a > security feature that I will have to live with since the CDs will be running > on borrowed computers. > > BUT, if the same R-folder is loaded from a USB Flash Drive, rather than a > CD, the help files work just fine. So perhaps there is another way. > > Any other ideas? Don't use CHM help. Duncan Murdoch > Charles Annis, P.E. > > charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com > phone: 561-352-9699 > eFax: 614-455-3265 > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca] > Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 4:57 PM > To: charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Running R from a read-only CD > > On 25/05/2009 4:40 PM, Charles Annis, P.E. wrote: >> Dear R-helpers: >> >> I created a folder containing R on a read-only CD and use it by having the >> R-icon, located on the Windows desktop, point to the CD >> (R-2.8.1\bin\Rgui.exe) for the "Target," and to a Windows Desktop folder > for >> "Start in." >> >> This works nicely EXCEPT that the R help() function cannot display > anything, >> and presents a screen message saying "This program cannot display > webpage." >> This is especially frustrating because on the left of what would be the > help >> window is the exhaustive list of all the functions for which R can provide >> help (but can't display anything). >> >> Can anyone provide guidance? >> >> Here is the obligatory session information: >> .................... >>> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) >> i386-pc-mingw32 >> >> locale: >> LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United >> States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United >> States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] splines tcltk stats graphics grDevices utils datasets >> methods base >> >> other attached packages: >> [1] mh1823_2.5.4.1 survival_2.35-3 RColorBrewer_1.0-2 RODBC_1.2-5 >> >> .................... >> >> Thanks! > > > This sounds like a Windows security feature, because .CHM is a risky > format. There's a page here > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054 > > that tells you how to turn it off. Alternatively, you can choose one of > the other help formats in R besides CHM help. > > Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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.
