[R-SIG-Mac] open help in browser

[Simon Urbanek]

On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:31 PM, DONG Keren wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to open help files in the default web browser instead of a
> new R-window
> when I use the help-functions (like ?, help.search() etc.)?
> 

Yes, from the NEWS for R 2.10.1:

*	Added "use.external.help" preference entry. If set to
	YES then the configured R browser is used to display
	help pages instead of the internal one.

Also it was discussed here before:

http://www.mail-archive.com/r-sig-mac@r-project.org/msg00017.html

Cheers,
Simon



> I have tried options(htmlhelp=TRUE) and options(help_type = "html"), both
> does not work.
> 
> I am using R 2.12.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.6.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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