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Request for R Help opens up non-Positron Help Window
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Description
I can report a similar strange behavior: when asking for help in the console, a separate window (the classical R help windows) will be opened in the background, while if I press F1 on the function name, the positron help page will be opened (as expected and desired).
Is this related to this issue, or should I set some configuration for consistent behavior?
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/be3c0519-d9d9-4c27-95f4-0e148c5e914b
Positron Version: 2024.08.0 (system setup) build 48
Code - OSS Version: 1.91.0
Commit: ed616b36655fb24d116108bdd833f1321704315b
Date: 2024-08-19T03:30:12.447Z
Electron: 29.4.0
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26120
Originally posted by @CorradoLanera in https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3753#issuecomment-2303902797
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Research direction
The report concerns help requested from the R console and F1 on a function name; start by reproducing both paths on the listed Positron and Windows versions. Done means console help follows the same Positron help behavior as F1 instead of opening a separate classical R help window.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100