sending help request from [ESS[R]]

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Fri Sep 24 16:01:33 CEST 2004


One of my colleagues found that if one type something like

?plot

in a [ESS[R]] buffer and c-c c-n that to the *R* buffer, one gets the
following within the *R* buffer:

plot                package:graphics                R Documentation

_G_e_n_e_r_i_c _X-_Y _P_l_o_t_t_i_n_g

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Generic function for plotting of R objects.  For more details
     about the graphical parameter arguments, see 'par'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     plot(x, y, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:
[...]

Arguably, that shoudn't be done, but it would be nice if it works as if the
help request was typed in the *R* buffer.

[This is with ESS 5.2.2 and 5.2.3, R-1.9.1, on WinXPPro with XEmacs 21.4.6
and 21.4.13.]

Best,
Andy




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