[ESS] help("foo") opens web browser but ?foo doesn't

[Ponting, Keith (Keith)]

It may not be relevant, but some time ago I customized ess-post-run-hook to remove a command rather like the one you are looking at. 
(My environment is Windows Vista, using Vincent Goulet's excellent bundle.)

HTH,

Keith Ponting
Aurix Ltd, Malvern WR14 3SZ  UK
Any opinions are those of the author not the company.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ess-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:ess-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Henrik Singmann
> Sent: 13 March 2013 14:41
> To: Marc Schwartz
> Cc: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [ESS] help("foo") opens web browser but ?foo doesn't
> 
> Unfortunately my problem is not related to this issue. My .Rprofile
> works (e.g., I can change stringsAsFactors to FALSE in the .Rprofile and
> see it in Emacs R).
> The problem is solely caused by the following command that is always run
> when ESS starts R and I have no idea how to overcome it or how to run
> something afterwards (unfortunately .Rprofile seems to be executed
> before this line):
> 
> options(chmhelp=FALSE, help_type="text")
> 
> Any help on how to change this start up command would be extremely
> awesome.
> 
> btw, thanks for your help so far Marc, really helped me to dig into the
> issue (albeit without solution yet).
> 
> Cheers,
> Henrik
> 
> 
> Am 13.03.2013 14:30, schrieb Marc Schwartz:
> > On Mar 13, 2013, at 7:57 AM, Henrik Singmann
> <henrik.singmann at psychologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Am 13.03.2013 13:13, schrieb Marc Schwartz:
> >>> Different incantation in .emacs:
> >>>
> >>> (setq inferior-ess-r-help-command "help(\"%s\",
> >>> help_type=\"html\")\n")
> >>>
> >>> which works in both cases.
> >>
> >> Thanks, but unfortunately produces the exact same behavior on my
> machine: opens browser for help("foo") but Emacs buffer for ?foo.
> >>
> >> I realized it has to do with the options. When starting the R
> terminal from within emacs I get:
> >>
> >>>> options(chmhelp=FALSE, help_type="text")
> >>> options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last="'",
> >>> editor='emacsclient.exe', show.error.locations=TRUE)
> >>
> >> When running
> >>
> >>> options(help_type="html")
> >>
> >> I get the desired behavior afterwards.
> >>
> >> However, I am unable to change my R startup options for the desired
> behavior. My Rprofile.site does contain the correct options. If adding a
> .Rprofile to my home directory (where my .emacs is located) with this
> line it doesn't help either. Googling was also no help.
> >>
> >> So my question is: How do I customize my ESS startup options. Is
> there a variable for that?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Henrik
> >
> >
> > Not being on Windows, there may be some subtleties here, especially
> with Win7. However, a search of the R e-mail list archives comes up with
> the following thread:
> >
> >    http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e17/help/12/05/12352.html
> >
> > which may be helpful in some fashion. There does appear to be some
> interaction with the relevant help setting in .Rprofile and the setting
> in .emacs relative to the behavior you are observing.
> >
> > Creating a .Rprofile in your local user folder should work, as opposed
> to creating/editing a .Rprofile.site file, which would be for multiple
> users, unless that is your situation.
> >
> > If you use a local user specific .Rprofile, be sure to fully exit from
> Emacs/ESS/R and then restart, lest the file not be re-loaded upon
> ESS/R's startup.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marc
> >
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> 
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