Hi, I just put options(help_type = "html") inside .First <- function() {} and now it works. Help page is now opening in Browser.
Thanks all for your time and help. Regards, On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > 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