[R] Help function "?" in R 2.10.1

[Ivan Calandra]

The question is what should I do then to be able to access all the help 
files, even off-line?
That would really help me to know it.
Thanks
Ivan

Le 3/11/2010 13:46, Uwe Ligges a écrit :
>
>
> 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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>>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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