RShowDoc() should start default pdf viewer

Bug #346139 reported by Hmpf
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: r-base

Requires also r-doc-pdf

In R running RShowDoc("R-Intro") or similar results in:
sh: /usr/bin/xpdf: not found

Instead it should start the systems default pdf viewer.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/R/bin/exec/R
Package: r-base-core 2.7.1-2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: r-base
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-8-eeepc-lean i686

Tags: apport-bug
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Sorry for the spam, should have been:
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