[R] Html help

Joris Meys jorismeys at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 15:42:36 CEST 2010


If the IP number is something like 127.0.0.1:xxxxx then you are on
your local computer.
Cheers
Joris

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Murray Jorgensen <maj at waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
> I have just installed R 2.11.1 on my XP laptop.
>
> I like html help for browsing but text help for on-the-fly look-ups. I was a
> bit surprised when I was asked to choose between them during the
> installation. I chose text, thinking I could fix the html help later, which
> is what I am trying to do now.
>
> Now when I ask for html help my browser goes to
>
> 'http://-ip-number-/doc/html/index.html'
>
> instead of where I want on my computer:
>
> C:\apps\R\R-2.11.1\doc\html\index.html
>
> Now I can go where I want manually but then the package list on
>
>
> C:\apps\R\R-2.11.1\doc\html\packages.html
>
> does not include all the packages that I have installed and linked. I don't
> want to read my html help from the web because sometimes I am off-line or on
> a slow connection.
>
> How do I go about getting a local set of html help files?
>
> Cheers,   Murray Jorgensen
>
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