[ESS] help fails for functions with more than one option

[James W. MacDonald]

I have also found this to be helpful:

library(tcltk)
?spec

Best,

Jim



Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
> Here is a workaround.  The repair will probably take longer.
> 
> Use ctrl-G to get the cursor back.
> Then type
> 
> help("spec", package="seewave")
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ess-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:ess-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Manuel Morales
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 09:33 AM
> To: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [ESS] help fails for functions with more than one option
> 
> I have the package seewave installed and it has a function spec that is also
> in
> the package stats. Using R from the command line, I get the following result
> after typing in ?spec:
> 
> ?spec
> Help on topic 'spec' was found in the following packages:
> 
>   Package               Library
>   seewave               /usr/local/lib64/R/library
>   stats                 /usr/local/lib64/R/library
> 
> Choose one 
> 
> 1: Frequency spectrum of a time wave {seewave}
> 2: Spectral Density Estimation {stats}
> 
> Trying the same in emacs results in a hang.
> 
> I am using emacs-5.3.6 on with the cvs version of xft-emacs.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Manuel
> 
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