[R] Function for displaying arbitrary text as in 'help'.
    Duncan Murdoch 
    murdoch@dunc@n @ending from gm@il@com
       
    Wed Jan  2 17:48:40 CET 2019
    
    
  
On 02/01/2019 8:47 a.m., Nicolás San Martín wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am looking for a function that receives some text (any text) and displays
> it to the user in the same way as the 'help' function does. Unlike 'cat',
> that outputs the text in the current window, the one I'm looking for should
> work as 'help' that, for example, in emacs ess opens a new buffer, in the
> linux terminar displays it as the more command, etc. Is there any function
> that does this?
> 
The file.show() function will display a text file without all the bells 
and whistles of the help system; maybe it will be good enough.
Duncan Murdoch
    
    
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