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")