[R] R help from command line

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Peng Yu<pengyu.ut at gmail.com> 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'.

If you are feeling adventurous, you might try out the Qt Assistant
interface described at

http://qtinterfaces.r-forge.r-project.org/

(not command-line, but a standalone application that doesn't need R
except the first time).

-Deepayan