Hi Ben,
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Ben Madin
<li...@remoteinformation.com.au> wrote:
> G'day Simon et al,
>
> On 31/03/2010, at 23:17 , Martin Batholdy wrote:
>
>> I use the help-functions a lot to look up all the different arguments of a
>> function.
>> What I would love is if it would be possible to open help-files in a
>> different program (like Safari).
>> So that when I type ?par (or help("par")) my default web browser pops up and
>> shows me the help-file.
>> That would give me the opportunity to easily search the help-file via CMD+F
>> and to quickly switch between a help-file and a script.
>
> An alternative feature option I often wished for when learning a new package
> would be the ability to select the text in the help window, and use the
> Command-Return key combination (as for the script window) to execute it (ie
> for the example text) instead of the copy - change window - paste - return
> combination... thus making stepping through example scripts much easier...
> but I suspect this to have hidden complexities!
While this isn't exactly what you're asking for, I'm curious if you
knew that typing, say:
R> example(lm)
at the R prompt would run the code in the example section of the lm
documentation?
No copy-switch-paste necessary :-)
--
Steve Lianoglou
Graduate Student: Computational Systems Biology
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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