[R] help server slow

[Jeff Newmiller]

That sounds more like a networking lookup delay than R. You have not provided sessionInfo(), but it could be due to antivirus software if you are using Windows or Mac.
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ldecola at comcast.net wrote:

>help() seems the ONLY operation that's slow, Windows Task Manager
>doesn't show anything intensive going on, other programs running
>normally - it's as though a timer is set that diverts the request for a
>minute. 
>
>links within the help pages come up quickly, only the requests from the
>console. 
>
>...i suppose rebuilding R is worth a try...i'm running 
>R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) 
>
>
>Lee De Cola, PhD, MCP. 
>DATA to Insight 
>LDECOLA at COMCAST.NET 
>Reston, Virginia 
>703 709 6972 
>571 315 0577 mobile 
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Kane" <jrkrideau at inbox.com> 
>To: ldecola at comcast.net, r-help at r-project.org 
>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:45:01 AM 
>Subject: RE: [R] help server slow 
>
>It sounds like a local system problem. Are you running on a local
>intranet or have something cpu intenstive running in the background? 
>
>John Kane 
>Kingston ON Canada 
>
>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: ldecola at comcast.net 
>> Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:05:19 +0000 (UTC) 
>> To: r-help at r-project.org 
>> Subject: [R] help server slow 
>> 
>> suddenly a few days ago it takes about a minute for local help to
>come up 
>> . 
>> 
>> i type : 
>> ?hist 
>> 
>> and get 
>> starting httpd help server ... done 
>> 
>> but only after a minute does 
>> http://127.0.0.1:15686/library/graphics/html/hist.html 
>> appear . 
>> 
>> 
>> Lee De Cola, PhD, MCP. 
>> DATA to Insight 
>> LDECOLA at COMCAST.NET 
>> Reston, Virginia 
>> 703 709 6972 
>> 571 315 0577 mobile 
>> 
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