Thanks! I just tried but got an issue, whenever I invoked help, a blank R help window will always jump first, after that the browser shows. Is there any way to avoid this behavior?
On 3 February 2011 21:08, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
