R help - Mar 2010 - open help files in browser

Hi,


Is there a way to open help files in the default web browser instead of a new
R-window
when I use the help-functions (like ?, help.search() etc.)?



thanks!

If you're not already using R v2.10.0 or newer, try that first.

My $.02

/Henrik

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Martin Batholdy
<batholdy at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Is there a way to open help files in the default web browser instead of a
new R-window
> when I use the help-functions (like ?, help.search() etc.)?
>
>
>
> thanks!
>
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On 30/03/2010 1:46 PM, Martin Batholdy wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Is there a way to open help files in the default web browser instead of a
new R-window
> when I use the help-functions (like ?, help.search() etc.)?
You don't say what platform you're using.  Generally the way to do this 
is to run options(help_type="html") but that doesn't necessarily
work on
all platforms:  the Mac GUI will intercept the call and do HTML display 
in the internal browser; other platforms may not be able to run the HTML 
server.

Duncan Murdoch