starting html help for a package?
Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear all Shouldn't this start the html help for the chosen package?
help(package="boot", help_type = "html")
The page displayed there was never an HTML page. In the future it probably should be, but it hasn't been implemented yet.
Instead, the text version is displayed in less (I believe). However, I have no issues to start the html help with the following.
help.start()
starting httpd help server ... done
If 'xdg-open' is already running, it is *not* restarted, and you must
switch to its window.
Otherwise, be patient ...
The help page states:
"If for some reason HTML help is unavailable (see
?startDynamicHelp?), plain text help will be used instead."
However,
?startDynamicHelp
No documentation for 'startDynamicHelp' in specified packages and libraries: you could try '??startDynamicHelp'
It's in the tools package, which you probably hadn't attached. If you followed the advice and used ??, you would have got it. Duncan Murdoch
Am I doing anything wrong? Thank you Liviu