R starts its own mini web server which parses the raw text pages and serves them as HTML. It does so using a particular randomly chosen port number on 127.0.0.1 (localhost). The port number is listed in the message 'if nothing happens, you should open ....'
followed by a url to paste into your browser. Paste the url into your browser. If that message isn;t appearing, something more complicated is wrong! >>> Ivan Calandra <ivan.calan...@uni-hamburg.de> 11/03/2010 12:38:38 >>> Well, when I try to access help files (not all of them actually) without internet connection, I don't get anything. What is it related to then? Le 3/11/2010 13:06, Duncan Murdoch a écrit : > Ivan Calandra wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think you do need an Internet connection to access the help files >> with R2.10. > > No, it's all local, but you do need a web browser if you want to view > the HTML help. If you don't want the HTML help, you can set the help > type to "text" using > > options(help_type="text") > > Then ?help will show you more options. > > Duncan Murdoch >> There might be some way to access them off-line, though I have no >> idea how. >> >> Maybe someone here knows. >> Ivan >> >> >> Le 3/11/2010 09:42, Sergey Goriatchev a écrit : >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I have versions 2.7.2 and 2.10.1 installed on a machine that has no >>> access to internet. >>> In 2.7.2 I can use ? to get help on functions, which in 2.10.1 that >>> does not work, all I see is "starting httpd help server...done" and >>> then nothing. >>> >>> Have I downloaded 2.10.1 incorrectly (=forgot to tick some box for >>> local help file repository) or is the internet help now the standard >>> way to search help on functions? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for help. >>> >>> Sergey >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> > > -- Ivan CALANDRA PhD Student University of Hamburg Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Abt. Säugetiere Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 D-20146 Hamburg, GERMANY +49(0)40 42838 6231 ivan.calan...@uni-hamburg.de ********** http://www.for771.uni-bonn.de http://webapp5.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/mammals/eng/mitarbeiter.php ______________________________________________ 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. ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ 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.
