\Header{help.start}{Hypertext Documentation}
\keyword{documentation}{help.start}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
help.start(gui = "irrelevant", browser = "netscape", remote = NULL)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\texttt{gui}] just for compatibility
\item[\texttt{browser}] the name of the program to be used as hypertext browser.
\item[\texttt{remote}] A character giving a valid URL for the \file{\$RHOME} directory
on a remote location.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Description}
Start the hypertext (currently HTML) version of \R's online documentation.\end{Description}
\begin{Details}
The \texttt{browser} needs to work with an \texttt{"-remote openURL(..)"}
call.
Then, the hypertext \R\ help interface is opened in any already running
browser or a new one if necessary.\end{Details}
\begin{SeeAlso}
\texttt{\Link{help}()} for on- and off-line help in ASCII/Editor or
PostScript format.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
help.start()
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

