word
in their name or title.
The result is typically printed under the control of a pager.
topic(word, pager=options()$pager)
page for details.
word
into the "Topic:" box.
If the help window is not running,
it prints the same list at your terminal,
using the paging program
pager.
topic only searches an index to help files,
not the datasets themselves.
If it finds a help file directory without such an index file,
it will remind you to generate one, using
the command
!help.findsum directory.
This function is provided to give some of the functionality
of the help window system when a window system is not available.
topic("nonlin")