when i do ?whatever at the R prompt ( i use linux ), the help comes up but it comes up like a man page. i would prefer to send it to a file. i did a ?help and it says something about sending the output to a file but nothing specific enough that i can figure out what to do. the help page talks about a parameter called "type" but as far as i can tell, there is no "type" parameter in the call to the help function ? if someone could tell me how to send output to a file instead of the screen, i would really appreciate it. thanks. also , i am using linux but i haven't figured out what kind or what version #. -------------------------------------------------------- This is not an offer (or solicitation of an offer) to buy/sell the securities/instruments mentioned or an official confirmation. Morgan Stanley may deal as principal in or own or act as market maker for securities/instruments mentioned or may advise the issuers. This is not research and is not from MS Research but it may refer to a research analyst/research report. Unless indicated, these views are the author's and may differ from those of Morgan Stanley research or others in the Firm. We do not represent this is accurate or complete and we may not update this. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. For additional information, research reports and important disclosures, contact me or see https://secure.ms.com/servlet/cls. You should not use e-mail to request, authorize or effect the purchase or sale of any security or instrument, to send transfer instructions, or to effect any other transactions. We cannot guarantee that any such requests received via e-mail will be processed in a timely manner. This communication is solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. We do not waive confidentiality by mistransmission. Contact me if you do not wish to receive these communications. In the UK, this communication is directed in the UK to those persons who are market counterparties or intermediate customers (as defined in the UK Financial Services Authority's rules). [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 10:22 -0400, Leeds, Mark (IED) wrote:> when i do ?whatever at the R prompt ( i use linux ), the help comes up > but it comes up like a man page. i would prefer to send it to a file. i > did a ?help and > it says something about sending the output to a file but nothing > specific enough that i can figure out what to do. the help page talks > about a parameter called "type" > but as far as i can tell, there is no "type" parameter in the call to > the help function ? if someone could tell me how to send output to a > file instead of the screen, i would > really appreciate it. thanks. > > also , i am using linux but i haven't figured out what kind or what > version #.Typically, R's help files are already available as text files. They are usually in: $R_HOME/library/PACKAGENAME/help where $R_HOME on Linux is usually:> R.home()[1] "/usr/local/lib/R" Note that if you might prefer that help files come up in a browser window (ie. Firefox), you can set: options(htmlhelp=TRUE) in your ~/.Rprofile. In this way, they won't come up in the pager within the terminal console. See ?options and section 10.8 in the Intro to R Manual. WRT to the Linux version, most recent versions support the LSB command of: $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch Distributor ID: FedoraCore Description: Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) Release: 5 Codename: Bordeaux You can also get kernel version information with: $ uname -a Linux horizons 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 Mon Sep 11 01:17:06 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux HTH, Marc Schwartz