REditorSupport / REditorSupport/vscode-R
Help links are broken (404 errors) from Help Pages->Home
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Description
Describe the bug
Help links are broken (404 errors) from Help Pages->Home after installed REditorSupport as GitHub codespace extension.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to 'R extension from sidebar'
- Click on 'Help Pages'
- Scroll down to 'Home'
- Click any links in the R Help page and See error
The requested content does not exist.
HttpStatusCode: 404
ErrorCode: WebContentNotFound
RequestId : d95f74fe-401e-00de-4525-bfcb91000000
TimeStamp : 2025-05-07T07:57:33.7861772Z
Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)
No
(If yes,) can we assist you with anything?
(If applicable) Please attach setting.json
// R.exe path for windows
"r.rterm.windows": "",
// R path for Mac OS X
"r.rterm.mac": "/usr/local/bin/R",
// R path for Linux
"r.rterm.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
// R command line options (i.e: --vanilla)
"r.rterm.option": [],
// An optional encoding to pass to R when executing the file, i.e. 'source(FILE, encoding=ENCODING)'
"r.source.encoding": "UTF-8",
// Keeping focus when running
"r.source.focus": "editor",
// Use active terminal for all commands, rather than creating a new R terminal
"r.alwaysUseActiveTerminal": false,
// Use bracketed paste mode
"r.bracketedPaste": false,
// Enable R session watcher
"r.sessionWatcher": true,
// Delay in milliseconds before sending each line to rterm (only applies if r.bracketedPaste is false)
"r.rtermSendDelay": 8,
Expected behavior
All the help documents should be linked.
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Environment (please complete the following information):
- OS: [e.g. Windows, macOS, Linux] GitHub codespace
- VSCode Version: [e.g. 1.42.0] Sorry, don't know
- R Version: [e.g. 3.6.2] R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
- vscode-R version: [e.g. 1.2.2] R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in a GitHub Codespace through the R extension sidebar, then open Help Pages → Home and inspect the targets of its links. The fix is complete when the help documents linked from that page load instead of returning the reported 404 WebContentNotFound error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100