Ranjan Maitra
2011-Apr-12 17:54 UTC
[R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser
Dear colleagues, I am trying to get someone to use R on MS Windows with the browser disabled. My question is how does he/she get to use R-help which goes off the browser (and correspondingly complains about the inability to start firefox, etc). In linux, which is what I use, this is not a problem: what needs to be set in Windows to replicate this behavior? Sorry if I am not clear: please feel free to ask me for clarifications. Thanks again for the helpful advice! Best wishes, Ranjan
Jonathan P Daily
2011-Apr-12 18:04 UTC
[R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser
try:
options(help_type = 'text')
?options
If this works, you can create a site profile (A default is created
automatically in windows, if I remember correctly) where you can set this
to run in each session.
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04/12/2011 01:56 PM
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[R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser
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Dear colleagues,
I am trying to get someone to use R on MS Windows with the browser
disabled. My question is how does he/she get to use R-help which goes
off the browser (and correspondingly complains about the inability to
start firefox, etc). In linux, which is what I use, this is not a
problem: what needs to be set in Windows to replicate this behavior?
Sorry if I am not clear: please feel free to ask me for clarifications.
Thanks again for the helpful advice!
Best wishes,
Ranjan
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