[R-SIG-Mac] finding things in R manuals

David Winsemius dwinsemius at comcast.net
Fri Feb 3 02:14:40 CET 2012


On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Ruth Ripley wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> Would it be possible to include the pdf versions of the R manuals in  
> the CRAN mac R install? I find them easier to global search than  
> html ones. (I am used to having them on Windows.)

I generally copy the link to the html and paste them into my browser.  
The search in the default GUI-invoked help panel doesn't handle  
punctuation or revisions to searches at all well. The text get  
overwritten in the bottom entry slot and I don't think the search- 
revisions actually occur.

>
> Regards,
>
> Ruth
>
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David Winsemius, MD
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