[R] html command index

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Thomas Lumley wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Christian Hennig wrote:
> >
> > Why is the alphabetical command index of the html help system removed?
> > If I had this index now, I could work around the search engine. This is
> > not the only case in which I prefer the index to the engine!!
>
> There is a separate alphabetical index for each package, including base.
> There isn't an overall index, but it's usually fairly easy to guess which
> package is relevant. Look under "Packages".

And if not, help.search() provides an alternative search engine, not
dependent on having an operational Netscape.

> > Furthermore I do no longer find an online documentation on the R project
> > website.
>
> The help pages are still there (and the search engine seems to work). Go
> to http://www.r-project.org and select "Help Pages"
>
> 	-thomas
>
> Thomas Lumley			Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
> tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle
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