Berry, why not use
\href{[your link]}{[link text]} in the documentation details[1]? Best, Mark [1] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Marking-text Op di 18 aug. 2015 om 13:21 schreef Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com >: > On 18/08/2015 6:12 AM, Berry Boessenkool wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > In the CRAN package policies [1], it says > > > > "Packages should not start external software (such as PDF viewers or > > browsers) during examples or tests unless that specific instance of > > the software is explicitly closed afterwards." > > > > If I want to refer to a website with browseURL in the examples, > > what's the most elegant way to do it? > > > > \dontrun --> obtrusive "## not run" parts, confuse new R-users > > # browseURL("www.link.html") --> user must uncomment things > > Using "if (interactive()) browseURL(...)" is a reasonable way. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > > > Or do you think links should only be used in Vignettes / References > section? > > > > In this case, it's a reference to a statistical method, > > and yes, I slightly feel like I'm misusing the examples section. > > But I think that's where most people explore function usage... > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas and thoughts, > > Berry > > > > [1] > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel