Returns the contents of the NEWS.html file in the standard browser installed on the operating system.
rnews(pdf = FALSE, dev = FALSE)
If `FALSE` (default), the NEWS.html file will open in the browser, otherwise NEWS.pdf will be opened. |
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| dev | If `FALSE` (default), it will not show changes made to the language development version. To see changes in the development version, do `dev = TRUE`. |
The NEWS.html file contains the main changes from the recently released versions of the R language. The goal is to facilitate the query by invoking it directly from the R command prompt. The rnews function is analogous to the news function of the **utils** package. However, using the news command in a terminal style bash shell is possible to receive a message like: ``` news() starting httpd help server ... done Error in browseURL(url) : 'browser' must be a non-empty character string ``` This is an error that may occur depending on the installation of R. Always prefer the use of the news function but if you need to, use the rnews function.