html help in R

[gpetris at definetti.uark.edu]

Thank you very much, Tony.
If this is the expected behavior, I will abide to the 'standard',
although the possibility of controlling this feature with a variable
may be something worth considering. 
What I like better about the Netscape help than the ESS help buffer is
the possibility of easily following links for the help pages of
related topics. I also don't like very much to have my R buffer cut in 
half. Would it be easy to modify something so that the help buffer
pops up in another frame?

Thanks again,
Giovanni

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> Cc: ess-help <ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> From: rossini at blindglobe.net (A.J. Rossini)
> Date: 19 Jan 2001 09:05:38 -0800
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> >>>>> "g" == gpetris  <gpetris at definetti.uark.edu> writes:
> 
> 
>     g> I am using ESS 5.1.16, with emacs 20.7.2 on a sun.  I don't
>     g> understand the following behavior of the R help under ESS.
>     g> When I start the htlm version of the help pages with
> 
>     >> help.start()
> 
>     g> everything works fine: netscape pops up with the main help
>     g> page. At this point,
> 
>     >> options("htmlhelp")
>     g> $htmlhelp [1] TRUE
> 
>     g> But then, if I ask for help with, say
> 
>     >> help(plot)
> 
>     g> I get the required help page in another buffer in emacs and not
>     g> in netscape. Is this an expected behavior? (It is not when
>     g> running R in a term window.) How can I fix/change it? 
>     g> Suggestions are welcome.
> 
> 1. it's the expected behavior.  Emacs intercepts the help request.
> 2. Viewing help in an ESS-help window might be preferable, in terms of
>    being able to skip around. 
> 3. Can you explain what about the Netscape help you like better than
>    the ESS help buffer?
> 4. there is no current option to handle this.  I guess I could add an
>    "ess-turn-off-help" variable, which would remove the behaviour in
>    #1 if set.
> 
> thoughts?
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
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