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
>
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