[TxMt] R html help

[Paul Levine]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Hans-Joerg Bibiko wrote:

>
> On 20 Dec 2006, at 06:16, Paul Levine wrote:
>
>> Hi Textmate gurus,
>>
>> I have only been messing around with Textmate for a few days now,  
>> but I am incredibly impressed, and I can see why it is called  
>> "the" text editor for Mac.
>>
>> I had been using TeXshop for LaTeX (which is still a great  
>> program, but not nearly as powerful as Textmate), R.app for stats  
>> and numerical programming in R, and the X11-based idlde for IDL  
>> programming, and now I am glad to be switching to Textmate for all  
>> those needs.
>>
>> One thing I am having trouble with, however, is getting the html R  
>> help to appear.  When I select a valid R command (one for which  
>> help(command) in R would bring up the html help page for that  
>> command), no help file opens, and the returned tool tip says:
>>
>> /tmp/temp_textmate.eOPTfa:8:in `require': No such file to load -- / 
>> Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/lib/ 
>> current_word (LoadError)
>> 	from /tmp/temp_textmate.eOPTfa:8
>>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> The point is that the ruby file current_word.rb in /Applications/ 
> TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/lib/ is missing. The  
> solution would be to get the latest cutting edge version of TM (via  
> TM preferences), or make a svn checkout for this folder, or just  
> copy the missing file from http://macromates.com/svn/Bundles/trunk/ 
> Support/lib/ in your local lib folder.
>
> Best,
> -Hans
>

Thanks Hans!
That did the trick.
After only a couple of days, Textmate is already an instant favorite  
of mine.
Now, for my first experience with the mailing list, I get a fast and  
helpful reply.
Regards,
Paul


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