Re: [Rd] linking to package directories is NOT broken in R >= 2.10 beta

2009-10-19 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: When you linked to ../examples/ R was not involved, and what you are seeing is what your browser did with a file:// url. Most browsers will support a wide range of file types, and list directories: but that is not something that was ever (AFAICS) documented to work.

Re: [Rd] linking to package directories is NOT broken in R >= 2.10 beta

2009-10-17 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
When you linked to ../examples/ R was not involved, and what you are seeing is what your browser did with a file:// url. Most browsers will support a wide range of file types, and list directories: but that is not something that was ever (AFAICS) documented to work. The 'issue' is your expect