helppdf {sfsmisc} | R Documentation |
Utility to view PDF-rendered help
pages; particularly
useful in case they contain mathematical formulas or otherwise
sophisticated formats.
helppdf(topic, viewer = getOption("pdfviewer"), quiet = !interactive(), ...)
topic |
the topic, passed to |
viewer |
a pdf viewer; the default is typically what you want interactively. |
quiet |
|
... |
further optional arguments passed to |
Returns the full path of the pdf file produced.
Martin Maechler
if(interactive()) { ## Both calls work : helppdf(Normal) helppdf("NegBinomial") } else if(.Platform$OS.type != "windows") { # batch mode (Windows often too slow for this) od <- setwd(tempdir()) ff <- helppdf(Normal, viewer=NULL) stopifnot(file.exists(ff)) ; print(ff) setwd(od)# revert to previous dir. }