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As of vscode-R 1.6.0 I cannot see help files

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I have the latest versions of vscode-R (v1.6.0) and {languageserver} (v0.3.7) on the latest VSCode (v1.51.1) on MacOS 19.6.0. If I type into the console ?rnorm, as an example, I just see a black tab with nothing displayed there.

These are my current settings:

  "r.rterm.mac": "/usr/local/bin/radian",
  "r.rterm.option": [""],
  "r.bracketedPaste": true,
  "r.sessionWatcher": true,
  "r.lsp.debug": true,
  "r.lsp.diagnostics": true,
  "r.alwaysUseActiveTerminal": true,

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

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renkun-kencommented, Nov 23, 2020

@nathaneastwood Would you like to install the latest build at https://github.com/Ikuyadeu/vscode-R/actions/runs/377371651 and see if it works for you?

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ManuelHentschelcommented, Nov 22, 2020

load_all attaches an environment devtools_shims which contains a modified version of help that is not affected by the overwrites from init.R:

> devtools::load_all()
Loading RTestPackage

> search()
 [1] ".GlobalEnv"           "devtools_shims"       "package:RTestPackage"
...

> ls(as.environment('devtools_shims'))
[1] "?"           "help"        "system.file"