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Hi! I tried to use compiled html on the following system: NT4.0 SP6 (with _old_ IE3), R-1.0.1. R > help(ls, chmhelp=TRUE) ... but nothing happens ... >From the R Readme: "To make use of this you will need a recent version of Windows or IE4 or later installed, or use the updater hhupd.exe on CRAN at bin/windows/windows-NT/etc." So I used the updater

hello, my name is Roman Pahl and recently i tried to build a package under Windows. I created the skeleton and did alle the documentation stuff. As i wanted to check it using the 'R CMD CHECK pkgname' command in the Dos-= console some errors appeared. I don=B4t know how to handle. Here are important parts of the log: I marked my questions with a "<-------= ---"

R-2.0.0, WinNT / WinXP: options(chmhelp=TRUE) ?dnorm # does not work! ?Normal # works! Looks like calling compiled html help does not work for aliases, but only for the title of help pages... And a quick fix without changing the design is to change lines 136-137 in .../src/library/utils/R/help.R as follows: - err <- .C("Rchtml", hlpfile, topic, - err =

Hello, as I just spent a (too long) while searching for a way how to persistantly switch back the help display routines from chm to text, here a small documentation how to do that with the windows version of R. The windows installer asks which help type you want to use, I wanted to test the chm version -- which I didn't like. If you after installation want to switch back, you have to edit

Hi all, Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled for Windows). When using the chm help I get the following warning. I saw a recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning message in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in the context of the help system. The warning only appears once and does not prevent the chm file from

Hello. I am using R 1.7.1 just downloaded on Win98. With the old 1.6.2 I had modified the etc/Rprofile file as etc/Rprofile # Things you might want to change # options(width=80) # options(papersize="a4") # options(editor="notepad") # options(pager="internal") # to prefer Compiled HTML help options(chmhelp=TRUE) # to prefer HTML help # options(htmlhelp=TRUE) # to

Hi list, When I type my question in R console using ? sign (example: ?par, when I want to query for par), the following error message popps up: Error in print.help_files_with_topic("C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-24~1.1/library/maps/chm/map") : CHM file could not be displayed I appreciate if any body comes back to me with the solution. Regards, Alireza [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Dear R Users, I've installed R with the chm option, but eventually I found I am more used to the normal way of latex help. Is there any argument to suppress chm help by default when starting R? So that I don't have to type something like >help(rle,chmhelp=NULL) I know the last resort would be to reinstall R. Thanks in advance! - J

Dear listers, I have developped a set of functions that I would like to package on a Windows XP plateform for some friends (this would be more simple than to deliver them as a source text file without handy help). I am working under Windows XP. Of course I have gone through the manual "Writing R extension" and try to sort out what a most simple "packaging" for beginner

I would like to use Rterm in Windows XP and have the help files appear in text format in the terminal rather than in the html popup window. For example, I would like to enter help(lm) and get the text to appear in the terminal window. Can anyone suggest a way to do this? Thanks and Happy Hew Year. Tom -- View this message in context:

I've recently updated to R 2.4 and have noticed that when I type ?help.on.something in ESS from within emacs, the old text help doesn't show up in the "other" (other being the horizontally split windows) window. Instead the windows chm help file pops up. Is there any way to get R to revert back to the old "simple text based help in the top window" help? I couldn't

R-Help readers: I have downloaded rw1061.exe several times from CRAN and one of the mirrors, and when installing I get two error messages about inability to copy corrupted files. The two files are: c:\Program Files\R\rw1061\library\nlme\R\nlme c:\Program Files\R\rw1061\library\base\html\plotdefault.html I can probably just reinstall nlme from CRAN, but I'm not sure what to do about the

Hi I tried to customize help(), so it starts the compiled html help, and searches in all packages. I wrote the following function: > my.help function(topic){ help(topic, package=.packages(all=T), lib.loc=.lib.loc, chmhelp=T) } When I use it with >my.help(help) give the following error: Error in help(topic, package = .packages(all = T), lib.loc = .lib.loc, : No documentation

A binary distribution of R-0.64.2 for Windows is available at <CRAN>/bin/windows/windows-NT (at least at Wien). Enjoy it. guido masarotto Windows News (since R0.64.2) rw0651 ====== New function savePlot() to save plots to wmf, gif or ps. There is now support for help via compiled HTML files (as used by the latest Microsoft products): set options(chmhelp=TRUE) to

A binary distribution of R-0.64.2 for Windows is available at <CRAN>/bin/windows/windows-NT (at least at Wien). Enjoy it. guido masarotto Windows News (since R0.64.2) rw0651 ====== New function savePlot() to save plots to wmf, gif or ps. There is now support for help via compiled HTML files (as used by the latest Microsoft products): set options(chmhelp=TRUE) to

A binary distribution of R-0.64.2 for Windows is available at <CRAN>/bin/windows/windows-NT (at least at Wien). Enjoy it. guido masarotto Windows News (since R0.64.2) rw0651 ====== New function savePlot() to save plots to wmf, gif or ps. There is now support for help via compiled HTML files (as used by the latest Microsoft products): set options(chmhelp=TRUE) to

When I try e.g. help(as.symbol, chmhelp = TRUE) I get an error message in the help viewer (translated to english: "The page cannot be shown"). This happens for all aliased topics (i.e. aliased in the *.Rd file). So I have to know the "unaliased" name (here: "name") to get chtml help. Is it possible to get the behavior of "plain text help" (no problems

Hi, I have a problem with my the R help system. I have been searching through the help archives but I can't find anything about it and I don't know how to specify my search better. When I type for instance "?hist", just the next command line prompt shows but nothing actually happens. There is no help window coming up. I already tried reinstalling R (2.2.1, windows XP) but that

Dear R-helpers, I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. I installed R 1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], downloaded the fields package as source [3] and tried but failed to install the package [4]. I get the same problem with other packages, so it doesn't appear to be limited to fields. Installation of precompiled packages seems to work fine. I've been

I'd like to develop a simple library in R in which to save my particular functions. I have read the manual on "Writing R Extensions" but it's too difficult. Someone could help me? I want only save my personal function (recorded in R-code, not in C) in "myLibrary" and I want to call it with: >library (myLibrary). After this, the functions should be available