[R] text rather than html help in Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 02/01/2009 8:11 AM, Tom La Bone wrote:
> I would like to use Rterm in Windows XP and have the help files appear in
> text format in the terminal rather than in the html popup window. For
> example, I would like to enter help(lm) and get the text to appear in the
> terminal window. Can anyone suggest a way to do this? Thanks and Happy Hew
> Year.


That's the default.  You probably have options(htmlhelp=TRUE) set; just 
change it to options(htmlhelp=FALSE).  (You might need to set 
options(chmhelp=FALSE); I can't tell from your description which help 
version you're seeing.)

Duncan Murdoch