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pkg dev: devel help page does not open
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
When developing a package and calling devtools::load_all() and afterwards trying to open the help page of a function, the webview does not open.
devtools::load_all()
?<fun>
Rendering development documentation for '<fun>'
does not work while
library(<pkg>)
?<fun>
works.
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with devtools::load_all() followed by ?, then compare it with library() and ?, which opens the help webview. Trace the development-documentation rendering path in the VS Code R extension. Done means the webview opens for help pages after loading a package with load_all().
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- documentation, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100