Thank you! I'm using linux. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Phil Spector<spector at="" stat.berkeley.edu=""> wrote: > Peng - > ? You didn't mention your OS, but under Linux or Mac, you > could use > > echo "help(functionname)" | R --slave > > ? I think most people who need to use multiple help pages use help.start() > or help(functionname, htmlhelp=TRUE) to display help pages in a web browser. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Phil > > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Peng Yu wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I frequently need to open multiple help pages in R, which requires the >> start of multiple R sessions. I am wondering if there is a way to >> invoke the help page from the command line just like 'man'. >> >> Regards, >> Peng >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you! I'm using linux. > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Phil Spector<spector@stat.berkeley.edu> > wrote: > > Peng - > > You didn't mention your OS, but under Linux or Mac, you > > could use > > > > echo "help(functionname)" | R --slave > > > > I think most people who need to use multiple help pages use > help.start() > > or help(functionname, htmlhelp=TRUE) to display help pages in a web > browser. > An alternative is to use one of the IDE-type things like ESS with emacs. There are key combinations for opening help windows. Sean > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Peng Yu wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I frequently need to open multiple help pages in R, which requires the > >> start of multiple R sessions. I am wondering if there is a way to > >> invoke the help page from the command line just like 'man'. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Peng > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]