Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt

2009-07-24 Thread Steven McKinney
4 Vancouver B.C. V5Z 1L3 Canada -Original Message- From: Gabor Grothendieck [mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:48 PM To: Steven McKinney Cc: R-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt Try

[R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt

2009-07-23 Thread Steven McKinney
Hi all, Is there a way to navigate directly to the Index page of help for a package? Here's my connundrum: I download and install package foo. I don't know what functions are in package foo, so I can't invoke the help for package foo via ?someFunction help(package = foo) pops up some

Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt

2009-07-23 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Steven McKinney wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to navigate directly to the Index page of help for a package? Here's my connundrum: I download and install package foo. I don't know what functions are in package foo, so I can't invoke the help for package foo via

Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt

2009-07-23 Thread Steven McKinney
-Original Message- From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:04 PM To: Steven McKinney Cc: R-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Steven McKinney wrote

Re: [R] Navigate to Index page of a package from R command prompt

2009-07-23 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Try enter at the R console: help.start() and then when the help comes up in your browser click on Packages and then click on the package you want and then click on the help file you want On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Steven McKinneysmckin...@bccrc.ca wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to