[R] issue accessing help files

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 20/09/2012 2:14 PM, Basil Iannone wrote:
> Okay. I installed the newest version of R and I still cannot link to help
> files. Is anyone else having this problem? Again, I am using Window's XP.

I don't think you've told us what output you get when you ask for help.  
Here's what I see from ?mean:

First, this appears in the R console:

starting httpd help server ... done

then the browser opens, with something like this showing:

http://127.0.0.1:25567/library/base/html/mean.html

You're not getting the second part; do you get the first?

If so, here's something to try.  From with R, print the value of 
tools:::httpdPort:

 > tools:::httpdPort
[1] 25567

You'll probably get a different number than I did.  Then, with R still 
open, go to IE, and enter the URL I give above (i.e. 
http://127.0.0.1:25567/library/base/html/mean.html), with 25567 replaced 
by whatever port number you have.  Tell us what happens.

In the meantime, you can go back to the old text style help with

options(help_type="text")

You won't get links between pages or some other fancy stuff from the 
HTML pages, but you should get to see something.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Basil Iannone <bianno2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I apologize. I meant to type "help(anova)" and not "Help(anova)". I am
> > installing the newest version later today after I complete some analyses. I
> > will let everyone know if doing so solves my problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:46 AM, R. Michael Weylandt <
> > michael.weylandt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Basil Iannone <bianno2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Heramb,
> >> >
> >> > No "Help(anova)" does not work either. Thanks for the suggestions. I put
> >> > the question out there in case anyone else was having similar problems.
> >> I
> >> > think I will throw in the towel and install the latest version of R to
> >> see
> >> > if that resolves the issue.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >>
> >> "Help(anova)" should not work. R is case sensitive -- did "help(anova)"
> >> work?
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Basil Iannone
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> >
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