<Ted.Harding <at> nessie.mcc.ac.uk> writes:
> [...]
> The solution I finally opted for, and still use,
> is based (in a Linux environment) on including
> the following code in your .Rprofile file:
>
> .xthelp <- function() {
> tdir <- tempdir()
> pgr <- paste(tdir, "/pgr", sep="")
> con <- file(pgr, "w")
> cat("#! /bin/bash\n", file=con)
> cat("export HLPFIL=`mktemp ", tdir, "/R_hlp.XXXXXX`\n",
> sep="", file=con)
> cat("cat > $HLPFIL\nxterm -e less $HLPFIL &\n", file=con)
> close(con)
> system(paste("chmod 755 ", pgr, sep=""))
> options(pager=pgr)
> }
> .xthelp()
> rm(.xthelp)
>
> (and it's also specific to the 'bash' shell because
> of the "#! /bin/bash\n", but you should be able to
> change this appropriately). The above was posted by
> Roger Bivand on 27 May.
> [...]
I also like the function, it's beautiful. I wonder if anyone could help me with
the correct syntax for my bash shell (I assume this is the problem) because I
get this error:
Error in rm(.xthelp) : cannot remove variables from base namespace
when starting R and when installing a new package.
Thank you,
Adrian
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