It might be. I use Tinn-R, but always start my RGUI session separately and not as part of Tinn-R.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Farrel Buchinsky <fjb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Indeed. I can also get it to work if I type directly in Rterm. But not when > running from Tinn-R. If this is a Tinn-R problem (relating to however > command lines get from Tinn-R to the Rterm) then perhaps I should post it in > the Tinn-R problem. > Farrel Buchinsky > > > Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States. > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 13:08, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Seems to work fine with RTERM under my Windows: >> >> > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") >> Are you a satisfied R user? yes >> > ANSWER >> [1] "yes" >> > >> >> > sessionInfo() >> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) >> i386-pc-mingw32 >> >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Farrel Buchinsky <fjb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I just discovered readline to provide user input. It is working as one >> > would expect in Rgui but not in Rterm. In Rterm it reads the entire >> > line of code not just the user input. How do I fix and what is the >> > issue that I should read about? >> > >> > >> > Here is my two line script: >> > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") >> > ANSWER >> > So under RGUI one gets the following >> >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") >> > Are you a satisfied R user? yes >> >> ANSWER >> > [1] "yes" >> > >> > Under RTERM one gets >> >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ")yes >> > Are you a satisfied R user? >> >> ANSWER >> > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")yes" >> > >> > So I tried to hit enter after I saw the line in the terminal and this >> > is what I got: >> > >> >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") >> > Are you a satisfied R user? >> >> ANSWER >> > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")" >> > >> > My R environment: Windows XP with service pack 3; R 2.8.1, tinn-R >> > 2.2.0.2 >> > >> > >> > Farrel Buchinsky >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Holtman >> Cincinnati, OH >> +1 513 646 9390 >> >> What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.