Ivailo,

Thanks for the information. I will try these things out and contact R-help.

I did not give a lot of information, because I admittedly do not have a lot
of information. But, after reading your comments I realized that I the
following information would have been useful.

1) I have been using R on my computer for a long time without this issue.
2) I believe the version of R that I am using is the current version.

I will try out the actions that you suggested. Thanks for the help.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Ivailo <ubuntero.9161@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Basil Iannone <bianno2@uic.edu> wrote:
> > Dear R users,
> >
> > First, this is not a statistic or coding issue, so I apologize if I am
> > posting in the wrong place. I am having a problem accessing the help
> files
> > from my R console.
> >
> > When I type in an inquiry using the ?function.of.interest (e.g. ?anova),
> > Internet Explorer opens, but it does not link to the file describing
> > "anova" (just an example).
> >
> > I am using a PC with Windows XP. I was wondering if anyone else out there
> > has had similar problems, and if so, how you resolved this issue. I
> > searched for a while online, but could not find a resolution.
>
> Hi, Basil!
>
> I would suggest you to report this issue either on the more general
> *R-help* list or on the *R-devel* list where developers could help you
> out.
>
> As you have provided not much details about your problem with
> accessing the help files I could speculate that you might have missed
> to install the HTML help files. To fix this you could try uninstalling
> and installing R again making sure that HTML help is checked during
> the installation process. Alternatively, you could set R to display
> help files in the pager by commenting (i.e. putting an # before)
> `options(help_type="html")` and uncommenting (i.e. removing the #) the
> line `# options(help_type="text")`) in
> [r_install_dir]\etc\Rprofile.site (note that under Win XP
> `r_install_dir` would perhaps be `C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.1`). If
> you still don't get the help displayed in the pager you have some
> problem with the installation and you need to consider re-installing
> R.
>
> Cheers,
> Ivailo
> --
> UBUNTU: a person is a person through other persons.
>
>


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