[R] Problem with help() respectively ?

[Werner Wernersen]

> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a problem with my the R help system. I have
> > been searching through the help archives but I
> can't
> > find anything about it and I don't know how to
> specify
> > my search better.
> > 
> > When I type for instance "?hist", just the next
> > command line prompt shows but nothing actually
> > happens. There is no help window coming up.
> > 
> > I already tried reinstalling R (2.2.1, windows XP)
> but
> > that didn't change anything. I am pretty sure the
> help
> > has been working before on this machine.
> > 
> > Has anybody an idea how to recover the help
> system?
> 
> 
> 
> Which help format do you use?
> 
> What about
>    help("help", chmhelp=FALSE, htmlhelp=FALSE,
> offline=FALSE)
> Does this work fo you?
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
Yes! Thanks, that works. And now it works just fine
again... I have no idea what changed...

Thanks for your help,
  Werner