And where is the bug? Typing the name of an R object at the console prints the value of the object. That seems to be what you have, the beginnings of the value of the function `help'. Have you read the FAQ about what constitutes a bug? This is the documented behaviour.
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 mrapa@cs.joensuu.fi wrote:
Full_Name: Ville Rapa Version: R 1.8.1 (2003-11-21) OS: linux debian sarge Submission from: (NULL) (193.65.112.51) Prints code to the console. To reproduce the problem type help without parenthesis. Below is the output of my console.
help
function (topic, offline = FALSE, package = .packages(), lib.loc = NULL,
verbose = getOption("verbose"), try.all.packages =
getOption("help.try.all.packages"),
html
and more.
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