[R] open help files from Terminal

[Dmitri Popavenko]

Dear Sarah, dear David,

Thank you very much indeed, this is exactly what I needed.

Best,
Dmitri

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee using gmail.com> wrote:

> Here are two options:
>
> > # for one occurrence
> > help("help", help_type="html")
> starting httpd help server ... done
> >
> > # to set the default for your R session
> > options(help_type = "html")
> > ?help
>
> If you read the help file for help(), you will see all the possibilities.
>
> Sarah
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Dmitri Popavenko
> <dmitri.popavenko using gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear R users,
> >
> > I am sometimes using R from a Terminal (either from Linux but most often
> on
> > MacOS).
> > When looking at a help file using the question mark (e.g. ?sd) the help
> > file opens in the Terminal itself.
> >
> > If possible, I would like to open the HTML version of the help file in a
> > webpage, but I am completely unaware of how this might be done.
> >
> > If anyone has a suggestion, I would be very grateful.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dmitri
>
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>

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