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

[Christofer Bogaso]

Hi,

I just put options(help_type = "html") inside .First <- function() {}
and now it works. Help page is now opening in Browser.

Thanks all for your time and help. Regards,



On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
> Christofer,
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> Can you post your .Rprofile file someplace online (e.g. Dropbox) so that we can take a look at it?
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> Marc
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>> On Jul 11, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Ben,
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>> I work with R from Terminal only.
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>> If I explicitly set ' options(help_type = 'html')' after opening R in
>> terminal, it works perfectly. Means, help page opens in Browser.
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>> However I do not want to have this code ' options(help_type = 'html')'
>> every time I open R. So I want R to set this option all time. Thats
>> why I chose to create .RProfile file and put that code there. However
>> in that case, it is not working.
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>> Below is the snapshot like yours :
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>> R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21) -- "You Stupid Darkness"
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>> Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
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>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
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>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
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>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
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>>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
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>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
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>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
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>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
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>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
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>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
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>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
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>> [Previously saved workspace restored]
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>> sum                    package:base                    R Documentation
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>> Sum of Vector Elements
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>> Description:
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>>     ‘sum’ returns the sum of all the values present in its arguments.
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>> Usage:
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>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
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>>> I'm curious about what happens if you start a plain R session at the command line (not R.app) and set the option within the session.  Something like the following that open help in my browser.
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>>> $ R --vanilla
>>>
>>> R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21) -- "Bug in Your Hair"
>>> Copyright (C) 2016 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
>>>
>>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>>
>>>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
>>>
>>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>>>
>>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>>
>>>> options(help_type = 'html')
>>>> ?source
>>> starting httpd help server ... done
>>>
>>> Ben
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>>>> On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am not getting error.
>>>>
>>>> However help page is not opening in html.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Performed steps according to Marc's suggestions :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But not help page is not openning in Browser.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you getting the same error as before?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do the single quotes still look like smart quotes or regular ASCII quotes?
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>> Preferences -> New Document
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>>>>>>> There is a checkbox under Options for Smart quotes. Uncheck it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marc Schwartz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
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>>>>>>>>> [Previously saved workspace restored]
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can someone please point me on where I made mistake.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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