Hi everyone, 

The default help_type in R under ESS is "text". Thus when I type, e.g. ?lm, the help page appears in another buffer. I am wondering how to change this default to "html", so that the result of using ?[function] appears in a browser. I have tried to include options(help_type = "html") in my Rprofile.site, yet it does not work. I still have to use help(functionname, help_type = "html") to make it work. 

My thought is the "html" help is more convenient because you can click hyperlinks in the current help page and "jump" to another function help. I wonder how is everyone efficiently using the help. 

Thanks for sharing the thoughts. 
Stanley



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