[R-SIG-Mac] Permanently fix R to open Help page in html

[Marc Schwartz]

> On Jul 10, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10/07/2017 5:02 PM, Christofer Bogaso wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I wanted R to open any Help page in html permanently.
>> 
>> So 1st I created .Rprofile file with below code in terminal:
>> 
>> touch ~/.Rprofile
>> 
>> open -a Textedit ~/.Rprofile
>> 
>> 
>> And then in the .Rprofile file, I wrote below code :
>> 
>> options(help_type = ‘html’)
>> 
>> However after that when I start R (from Terminal) I get below error on loading R
>> 
>> Error: 1:20: unexpected input
>> 
>> 1: options(help_type = ?
>> 
>>                       ^
> 
> Those don't look like ASCII quotes.  Use the R.app editor, not Textedit, and it won't put in funny "smart quotes".


Alternatively, you can set TextEdit to not use "Smart quotes"  by disabling them in:

  Preferences -> New Document

There is a checkbox under Options for Smart quotes. Uncheck it.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz


> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
>> 
>> [Previously saved workspace restored]
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>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Can someone please point me on where I made mistake.
>> 
>> Thanks for your time.