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
> >>
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> >
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