Hi Heramb, No "Help(anova)" does not work either. Thanks for the suggestions. I put the question out there in case anyone else was having similar problems. I think I will throw in the towel and install the latest version of R to see if that resolves the issue.
Thanks On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Heramb Gadgil <heramb.gad...@gmail.com>wrote: > Try this; > > help(anova) > > I have used this in R-2.14.1 > > It has worked fine for me. Hope it works for you as well. > > Best, > Heramb > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I had a problem seeing the help pages with R 2.14.(0 or 1? I don't >> remember) on Windows 7. >> Then I realized that after a command like print, Rgui would first display >> an error message saying that the temp directory used by help didn't exist. >> The solution I've found was to manually create it whenever this happened. >> And to issue a print statement after a missed ?function one. Apparently the >> error message was waiting to be displayed somewhere. >> >> The problem was corrected with R 2.15.0 so I recommened you update your >> installation of R. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Rui Barradas >> Em 19-09-2012 19:19, Basil Iannone escreveu: >> >> Dear R-help community, >>> >>> I am unable to access help files when using the typical >>> "?function.of.interest" command. >>> >>> For example, if I type "?anova", Internet Explorer opens, but I am never >>> connected to the usual page describing the nuances of the anova function. >>> >>> This is a new problem (just started occurring a few days ago). I am >>> currently using R 2.14.1 on a Windows XP machine. As suggested by someone >>> else on another list serve I have placed the session info below for a >>> brief >>> session where this occurred. NOTE: I am not trying to access any >>> functions >>> for libraries that are not active (for example, anova is in the default >>> Stats package). >>> >>> Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue or any insights on why this >>> may be occurring are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your >>> help. >>> >>> sessionInfo() >>>> >>> R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) >>> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 >>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 >>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 >>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C >>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] tools_2.14.1 >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- Basil Iannone University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Biological Sciences (MC 066) 845 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60607-7060 Email: bian...@uic.edu Phone: 312-355-3231 Fax: 312-413-2435 http://www2.uic.edu/~bianno2 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
