[ESS] help fails for functions with more than one option
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Mon Jan 28 10:34:48 CET 2008
>>>>> "JimMcD" == James W MacDonald <jmacdon at med.umich.edu>
>>>>> on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:26:08 -0500 writes:
JimMcD> I have also found this to be helpful:
JimMcD> library(tcltk)
JimMcD> ?spec
Hmm, I've never have a problem with this:
For me, tcltk was always autoloaded and a popup-window (from
tcltk) with the menu was displayed; I click and the proper help
page is opened inside emacs.
JimMcD> Best,
JimMcD> Jim
JimMcD> Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>> Here is a workaround. The repair will probably take
>> longer.
>>
>> Use ctrl-G to get the cursor back. Then type
>>
>> help("spec", package="seewave")
yes, that's a workaround
But frankly I've never needed that.
Martin
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ess-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> [mailto:ess-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Manuel Morales
>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 09:33 AM
>> To: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Subject: [ESS] help fails for functions with more than one option
>>
>> I have the package seewave installed and it has a function spec that is also
>> in
>> the package stats. Using R from the command line, I get the following result
>> after typing in ?spec:
>>
>> ?spec
>> Help on topic 'spec' was found in the following packages:
>>
>> Package Library
>> seewave /usr/local/lib64/R/library
>> stats /usr/local/lib64/R/library
>>
>> Choose one
>>
>> 1: Frequency spectrum of a time wave {seewave}
>> 2: Spectral Density Estimation {stats}
>>
>> Trying the same in emacs results in a hang.
>>
>> I am using emacs-5.3.6 on with the cvs version of xft-emacs.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Manuel
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