On 07/01/2010 9:47 AM, Michal Kulich wrote:
On 7.1.2010 12:18, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> You don't need Rgui, you could run Rterm, which would have a smaller
> footprint. It's not very hard to start it and minimize it, but if you
> want it running invisibly, you'll need to figure out how to hide the icon.
This works. Not entirely invisible but not a big deal about that.
The R code run within Rterm is
options(help_type="html",help.ports=6800)
help.start()
library(audio)
wait(-1)
[couldn't find another way to hang R indefinitely in batch mode]
> A disadvantage of doing this is that you won't see help relevant to your
> current session, you'll see help relevant to the background task. In
> 2.10.x there aren't many differences, but you'll find it more limiting
> in 2.11.x and later.
Not a problem if one is not switching between different versions of R. The
current version is on the path and the path will get updated (manually) after a
new version is installed. Thus, the relevant help will be always displayed.
Not necessarily. The current help system can display information about
the current session, e.g. the result of ls(), as a simple example. But
if you use a single background session you won't get relevant information.
Duncan Murdoch
Thanks, this is a kind of solution. Now I can use bookmarks to HTML help for the favorite libraries when working in ESS - the impossibility to set those and the need to start Rgui was the big nuisance.
I am sure the new help system will get gradually improved in the future.
Best,
Michal
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