Dear R users, Is there the possibitily in R under X11 to get (after typing help(...) command) separate help window, as it is in Windows version? Best wishes, ================================Dr. Alexey B. Shipunov Section of Molecular Systematics Jodrell Laboratory Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K. e-mail: a.shipunov at rbgkew.org.uk
Your best bet is help.start(). On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Alexey Shipunov wrote:> Dear R users, > > Is there the possibitily in R under X11 to get (after typing help(...) > command) separate help window, as it is in Windows version? > > Best wishes, > > > ================================> Dr. Alexey B. Shipunov > Section of Molecular Systematics > Jodrell Laboratory > Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K. > e-mail: a.shipunov at rbgkew.org.uk > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >-- 318 Carr Hall bolker at zoo.ufl.edu Zoology Department, University of Florida http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker Box 118525 (ph) 352-392-5697 Gainesville, FL 32611-8525 (fax) 352-392-3704
> Is there the possibitily in R under X11 to get (after typing help(...) > command) separate help window, as it is in Windows version?IIRC help.start() starts a webbrowser pointing to the html version of the help pages. It requires cooperation from your browser and the jurrassic netscape provides it, but not all modern browsers do it. Two remedies: a) manually point a browser to the URL file:/usr/lib/R/doc/html b) use ESS with Emacs or XEmacs, it really is worth your while (I even use XEmacs/ESS under NT). How to get started in explained in other places. Dirk -- According to the latest figures, 43% of all signatures are totally worthless.
Alexey Shipunov wrote:>Dear R users, > >Is there the possibitily in R under X11 to get (after typing help(...) >command) separate help window, as it is in Windows version? > >Best wishes, > > >================================>Dr. Alexey B. Shipunov >Section of Molecular Systematics >Jodrell Laboratory >Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, >Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K. >e-mail: a.shipunov at rbgkew.org.uk > >______________________________________________ >R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > >Yes - just use R under emacs with ess-mode (see link in r-project.org)
Or, from the R prompt:> library(tcltk); options(pager=tkpager)works for me, without changing my editor or anything! StuartDr Stuart Leask MA MRCPsych, Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry University of Nottingham Dept of Psychiatry, Duncan Macmillan House Porchester Road, Nottingham. NG3 6AA. UK http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychiatry/staff/sjl.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexey Shipunov" <a.shipunov at rbgkew.org.uk> To: <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:32 PM Subject: [R] Help in separate window under X11> Dear R users, > > Is there the possibitily in R under X11 to get (after typing help(...) > command) separate help window, as it is in Windows version? > > Best wishes, > > > ================================> Dr. Alexey B. Shipunov > Section of Molecular Systematics > Jodrell Laboratory > Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K. > e-mail: a.shipunov at rbgkew.org.uk > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help