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2003 Jun 24
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R help output in separate window
...display the help file
in an arbitrary method in another window.
For the original request of using "less" in an xterm, the user would have to
create a batch file (in *NIX or equivalent method in other OSs) similar to
the following:
#!/bin/sh
xterm -T $1 -e less $1
which I call "startless", and store it in a file in the user's path. Then
insert the following lines in something like the .Rprofile file:
options(pager="startless")
source("HDfile")
where HDfile is the path and file name of the following file
(for me, "/home/jim/R/helpdisp.R"):...