The Hmisc library used to override the definition of the ? function to allow
other niceties such as ?? for short help. For S-Plus 2000 that was removed
so as to not cause any incompatibility problems. My hope is that your problem
is explained by your having some pieces of an old version of Hmisc in your
search path.
Try the folowing - you should see output similar to what follows:
> find('?')
[1] "C:\\sp2000\\splus\\_Functio"
> find(do.question.expr)
Error: Object "do.question.expr" not found
Also, try it with Hmisc in effect and Design not in effect, to make sure this
is not a Design problem.
-Frank
Michael Prager wrote:
> The "?"-style help in my copy of S-Plus (2000 under Windows NT 4.0) isn't
> working. If I type
>
> ?
>
> on the S-Plus command line, the S-Plus help file comes up in Windows
> Notepad, rather than the Windows help program. Help still works if invoked
> through the menu system, but I did find "?" help very useful.
>
> I've recently installed the HMisc and Design libraries. (Thank you, Dr.
> Harrell!) Could that have any relevance?
>
> I'll appreciate any guidance in getting the help feature working again.
>
> --
> Michael Prager <Mike.Prager@noaa.gov>
> NOAA Beaufort Laboratory
> Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 USA
--
Frank E Harrell Jr
Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
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