I've been using RGui and Tinn-R on Windows for a while now, but it continues to be a hassle that RGui supports only very rudimentary line editing. I can't even use Shift+arrows to select text, let alone use things like Ctrl+arrows to jump left or right a word at a time.
I searched in the list archives and found what seem to be a few earlier references to this problem, but I couldn't find a clear answer on why it is or whether there's some workaround. I saw something in the docs about it being due to a lack of readline support on Windows, but it's hard for me to understand how this can be a deal-breaker, given that there are tons of programs that run on Windows with full line editing (e.g., cmd.exe, text editors, Python's IDLE). So, my question is, is there a way to use R in Windows with full line editing capabilities, or does every single person who uses R on Windows just suffer with this limitation? (The main reason I'm asking is that it seems hard for me to believe the latter is true, so I feel like I must be missing something.) Thanks, -- --OKB (not okblacke) Brendan Barnwell "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail." --author unknown ______________________________________________ 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.