On 08/18/2015 05:12 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 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...
I don't see how popping up browser windows for anything other than a demonstration of rendering something to HTML would ever make sense.
I think most people explore functions by typing ?functionName Why not just put the links in the documentation for your function? -- Brian G. Peterson http://braverock.com/brian/ Ph: 773-459-4973 IM: bgpbraverock ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
