> On Jun 7, 2018, at 8:21 AM, Dmitri Popavenko <dmitri.popave...@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.
First I looked at: ?help Seeing the help-type parameter included "html" as a potential value, I therefore tried this from a Terminal-launched session on a Mac (although normally I work in the R.app GUI): help(sd, help_type="html") I get the expected sd-help page displayed in my open Chrome browser. > > If anyone has a suggestion, I would be very grateful. > > Best, > Dmitri > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] R is a plain text mailing list. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
