On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:31 PM, DONG Keren wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to open help files in the default web browser instead of a
> new R-window
> when I use the help-functions (like ?, help.search() etc.)?
>
Yes, from the NEWS for R 2.10.1:
* Added "use.external.help" preference entry. If set to
YES then the configured R browser is used to display
help pages instead of the internal one.
Also it was discussed here before:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00017.html
Cheers,
Simon
> I have tried options(htmlhelp=TRUE) and options(help_type = "html"), both
> does not work.
>
> I am using R 2.12.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.6.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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