Christofer, Can you post your .Rprofile file someplace online (e.g. Dropbox) so that we can take a look at it?
Marc > On Jul 11, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Ben, > > I work with R from Terminal only. > > If I explicitly set ' options(help_type = 'html')' after opening R in > terminal, it works perfectly. Means, help page opens in Browser. > > 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. > > Below is the snapshot like yours : > > R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21) -- "You Stupid Darkness" > > Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (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. > > > [Previously saved workspace restored] > > >> ?sum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sum package:base R Documentation > > > Sum of Vector Elements > > > Description: > > > ‘sum’ returns the sum of all the values present in its arguments. > > > Usage: > > > sum(..., na.rm = FALSE) > > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Ben Tupper <btup...@bigelow.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 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. >> >> $ 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 >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Christofer Bogaso >>> <bogaso.christo...@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_schwa...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Jul 10, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Christofer Bogaso >>>>> <bogaso.christo...@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 >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@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: >>>>>> >>>>>> Preferences -> New Document >>>>>> >>>>>> There is a checkbox under Options for Smart quotes. Uncheck it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Marc Schwartz >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [Previously saved workspace restored] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can someone please point me on where I made mistake. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for your time. >>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
