Werner Wernersen wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with my the R help system. I have > been searching through the help archives but I can't > find anything about it and I don't know how to specify > my search better. > > When I type for instance "?hist", just the next > command line prompt shows but nothing actually > happens. There is no help window coming up. > > I already tried reinstalling R (2.2.1, windows XP) but > that didn't change anything. I am pretty sure the help > has been working before on this machine. > > Has anybody an idea how to recover the help system?
Which help format do you use? What about help("help", chmhelp=FALSE, htmlhelp=FALSE, offline=FALSE) Does this work fo you? Uwe Ligges > Thanks for your help, > Werner > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html