[rkward-tracker] [ rkward-Feature Requests-2991464 ] Context menus on the help pages

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Feature Requests item #2991464, was opened at 2010-04-23 12:38
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Category: Interface Improvements (example)
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: P Kapat (kapatp)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Context menus on the help pages

Initial Comment:
If a text is selected (by mouse, of course) on any (R's dynamically generated / Rkward's static) help page, the following options (not in any particular order) in context menu will be helpful:

[1] Copy
[2] Evaluate
[3] Search
[4] Open in new Tab
[5] Open in new Window

Details:
[1] Just copy to the clipboard
[2] Evaluate the selected text inside a local ({}) environment. This will be really useful for the examples on the help pages. Either send it directly to the R Console or bypass the console. So, this could be two options - 'Evaluate in console', 'Evaluate bypassing the console'. Although if a local() env is used, I am not sure, if the option of bypassing the console be any useful. Of course, the selected text need not be a valid R code/expression: let R take care of it, we don't have to bother with this kind of error check. As long as it is inside a local() it should be safe.
[3] Do a fuzzy search of the selected text.  The selected text could be sent to the search window (Alt+6) which pop up gets the focus.
[4] A link on a help page could be opened in a new tab.
[5] Same as [4] but open in a new tab and then detach it.

If I can think of more, I'll add it here. Others can chime in with their options as well.

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