Message-ID: <XFMail.20010918090051.s-luppescu@uchicago.edu>
Date: 2001-09-18T14:00:51Z
From: Stuart Luppescu
Subject: help in a separate window under linux
In-Reply-To: <005501c1402c$8351cf40$51d6f380@PMCMG01.nottingham.ac.uk>
On 18-Sep-2001 Dr Stuart Leask wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> R v1.3.0, Slackware linux 7.1 or Windows 98SE, PII 266, 64Mb RAM.
>
> I notice that under windows, R puts help info (ie. the response to
> '?<function>') into a new window, whereas under linux, it puts it into the
> main console window. I find the former much more helpful when checking a
> function's syntax.
>
> Is there a simple way of configuring R under linux to put its help messages
> into a separate, new console?
1) Use ESS. Help then comes up in its own buffer.
2) Use HTML help. Put your browser in a separate virtual desktop if things get
too cluttered.
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