[TxMt] Re: R / Rdaemon package - disable help overlay

Hans-Jörg Bibiko bibiko at eva.mpg.de
Tue Oct 4 07:39:59 UTC 2011


On 4 Oct 2011, at 02:28, Martin Batholdy wrote:

> Is it possible to disable the help-overlay for functions in the R / Rdaemon package?
> 
> (so if i start to write a function like mean(  … I get a small yellow overlay window with the possible arguments etc.)
> 
> 
> It sometimes takes really long on my machine till the overlay appears after I type a function
> and during that time, I can't do anything except to wait.
> 
> Also, when I mistype a function-name, it seems like this help mechanism is searching even longer since it probably loops through all the function-names.
> This half-second in which I can't do anything is kind of annoying and most of the time I don't really get important informations through this overlay window.

Hi Martin,

hopefully I found a solution. I've just updated the "R bundle". Now the command "Show Function Usage" will run in a background task. I.e., that you have not to wait until the tooltip come up or not for unknown commands. Normally the script is rather fast but it depends how many packages you have installed.

[a feedback would be welcomed]

Regards,
--Hans

PS FYI how to disable that functionality can be read in the "R Help" (simply delete the associated key equivalent "(" of the macro command "Show Function Usage and insert (" with the help of the bundle editor)


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