On 14/07/2014, 11:42 AM, Fowler, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > > > Two unrelated questions, and neither urgent. > > > > Windows 7, R 3.0.1. Using R Console, no fancy interface. > > > > The function help ultimately becomes lost to a session kept running for > extended periods (days). I.e. with a new session if you invoke the Help > menu 'R functions (txt)...' it activates the html help and goes to the > named function page. This will work fine for at least a day, but > typically the next day invoking the help menu in this fashion will fail, > as R looks for a temporary address it creates on your computer. This > gets lost, possibly due to network administration activity. So then I > save and start another session with same Rdata. Trivial enough but > irritating. Anybody know how to restore the 'link' without ending and > restarting the session?
I never have sessions that last that long, so I haven't tried this, but I'd expect you could restart the help system in this way: tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE) # shut it down tools::startDynamicHelp(TRUE) # start it up Duncan Murdoch > > > > I have a mix of 32-bit and 64-bit requirements, with 64 the default. I > became used to starting R sessions directly from the appropriate Rdata > workspaces. With the latest version I need to start from the generic > icon and then load the workspace if I want 32-bit. Anybody know a way to > make the Rdata files keep track of which bit version they work with, or > some trick that accomplishes the same objective? The 32-bit requirement > is usually just RODBC, and the need for it is scattered over lots of > workspaces. Again, trivial but a nuisance. A more pragmatic motive is to > not oblige users of applications to think about it. Any way to make a > session switch 'bits' with a source file? > > > > Mark Fowler > Population Ecology Division > Bedford Inst of Oceanography > Dept Fisheries & Oceans > Dartmouth NS Canada > B2Y 4A2 > Tel. (902) 426-3529 > Fax (902) 426-9710 > Email mark.fow...@dfo-mpo.gc.ca <mailto:mark.fow...@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
