Message-ID: <CALVaqJwqL4_VJKLHAhxAxkkFEgxwXLFNGnqR3A9AjUvZMJ6UUA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2019-01-02T18:24:48Z
From: Nicolás San Martín
Subject: Function for displaying arbitrary text as in 'help'.
In-Reply-To: <96dc30bd-1d16-d74a-b06c-f2020a09a290@gmail.com>
Yes, the file.show() is good enough. Thanks
El mi?., 2 ene. 2019 a las 13:48, Duncan Murdoch (<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>)
escribi?:
> On 02/01/2019 8:47 a.m., Nicol?s San Mart?n wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for a function that receives some text (any text) and
> displays
> > it to the user in the same way as the 'help' function does. Unlike 'cat',
> > that outputs the text in the current window, the one I'm looking for
> should
> > work as 'help' that, for example, in emacs ess opens a new buffer, in the
> > linux terminar displays it as the more command, etc. Is there any
> function
> > that does this?
> >
>
> The file.show() function will display a text file without all the bells
> and whistles of the help system; maybe it will be good enough.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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