[R] Help function "?" in R 2.10.1

[Uwe Ligges]

On 11.03.2010 13:38, Ivan Calandra wrote:
> Well, when I try to access help files (not all of them actually) without
> internet connection, I don't get anything.
> What is it related to then?


MAybe your browser tries to be too clever and goes to some kind of 
offline mode. But it should not since it needs to be able to browse on 
the loopback...

Uwe Ligges



>
> Le 3/11/2010 13:06, Duncan Murdoch a écrit :
>> Ivan Calandra wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think you do need an Internet connection to access the help files
>>> with R2.10.
>>
>> No, it's all local, but you do need a web browser if you want to view
>> the HTML help. If you don't want the HTML help, you can set the help
>> type to "text" using
>>
>> options(help_type="text")
>>
>> Then ?help will show you more options.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>> There might be some way to access them off-line, though I have no
>>> idea how.
>>>
>>> Maybe someone here knows.
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 3/11/2010 09:42, Sergey Goriatchev a écrit :
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have versions 2.7.2 and 2.10.1 installed on a machine that has no
>>>> access to internet.
>>>> In 2.7.2 I can use ? to get help on functions, which in 2.10.1 that
>>>> does not work, all I see is "starting httpd help server...done" and
>>>> then nothing.
>>>>
>>>> Have I downloaded 2.10.1 incorrectly (=forgot to tick some box for
>>>> local help file repository) or is the internet help now the standard
>>>> way to search help on functions?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance for help.
>>>>
>>>> Sergey
>>>>
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