Re: [R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser [SOLVED]

2011-04-28 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 28/04/2011 11:00 AM, cpoirier wrote: Dear Ranjan, I'm afraid the command "options(help_type = 'text')" will not work if R is closed and opened again as the 'help_type' argument is set to 'html' by default in Windows (same for me). That's a default, but you can change it when you install R i

Re: [R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser [SOLVED]

2011-04-28 Thread cpoirier
Dear Ranjan, I'm afraid the command "options(help_type = 'text')" will not work if R is closed and opened again as the 'help_type' argument is set to 'html' by default in Windows (same for me). You should better modify the 'C:/Program Files/R/R-X.XX.X/etc/Rprofile.site' file with a text editor, a

Re: [R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser [SOLVED]

2011-04-14 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, Just wanted to mention that this worked perfectly. Many thanks again and best wishes, Ranjan On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:04:14 -0500 Jonathan P Daily wrote: > try: > > options(help_type = 'text') > ?options > > If this works, you can create a site profile (A default is created > automaticall

Re: [R] Using help in Windows version of R with disabled browser

2011-04-12 Thread Jonathan P Daily
try: options(help_type = 'text') ?options If this works, you can create a site profile (A default is created automatically in windows, if I remember correctly) where you can set this to run in each session. -- Jonathan P. Daily Technician - USGS Leetown Scien

Re: [R] Using help()

2009-01-25 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Patrick Burns wrote: Michael Kubovy wrote: Dear R-helpers, [...] (2) If I remember dnorm() and want to be reminded of the call, I also get a list of pages. It sounds to me like here you want: args(dnorm) or, for functions hidden in a namespace, argsAnywhere().

Re: [R] Using help()

2009-01-25 Thread Patrick Burns
Michael Kubovy wrote: Dear R-helpers, [...] (2) If I remember dnorm() and want to be reminded of the call, I also get a list of pages. It sounds to me like here you want: args(dnorm) Patrick Burns patr...@burns-stat.com +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of "The R Infe

Re: [R] Using help() [or more likely help.search)_]

2009-01-24 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
??'normal distribution' seems to do rather well. If you know that you want results from 'stats' you can confine the search to that package. 'normal' is such an overloaded word that searching for it is going to be overwhelming. At least 'Normal' is AFAIR only used in one sense in statistics.

Re: [R] Using help()

2009-01-24 Thread Rolf Turner
On 25/01/2009, at 2:33 PM, Michael Kubovy wrote: Dear R-helpers, I wonder if you can give me advice about the best way to use help(). (1) If I type ?normal because I forgot the name dnorm() I get a long list of relevant pages. Getting to right page is laborious. (2) If I remember dnorm() and