Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-18 Thread Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Ah, I didn't realize Rterm existed (Start -> Run -> Rterm). It works with CTRL-R as you said. Thank you! Regards, Adai Peter Dalgaard wrote: Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: ... Anyway, here is how to do what you want: 1) Install bash on your Windows machine - You can use cgywin. Or download a

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-18 Thread Michael Frumin
wow, ok, thanks everyone lots for me to explore. I will take some time, and if none of these achieve what I'm trying to get at I will come back here. Thanks! Mike Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: Well, I don't see why you need the CTRL-R functionality when you can just as rapidly and efficiently

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-18 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: ... Anyway, here is how to do what you want: 1) Install bash on your Windows machine - You can use cgywin. Or download and unzip http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/bash/ 2) Make the directory to bash.exe and R.exe are in your PATH variable. 3) Start -> Run -> cmd 4

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Well, I don't see why you need the CTRL-R functionality when you can just as rapidly and efficiently using SEARCH functionality in scripts too (CTRL-F in most applications, CTRL-S in emacs etc). BTW, I am quite familiar with Unix, Linux and Sun Solaris and what CTRL-R does (yes, I used it fre

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
Mike, There are several options to pursue, depending on your answer to the question: Why are you staying within the Rgui if you are already an Emacs ESS user? 1. If you don't need any other feature of Rgui on Windows, then don't use it. From emacs, enter M-x R and you will immediately

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread Vincent Goulet
Look at GNU Emacs with ESS, you'll get what you want out of the box --- and much more! See http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs [shameless plug] for a distribution of Emacs bundled with ESS. HTH Vincent Le mer. 17 sept. à 09:26, mfrumin a écrit : Hi all, I am generally quite f

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread mfrumin
Adaikalavan, thanks. Perhaps I was not so specific enough in what I want, for those not so familiar with unix commandline featuers. I'm looking for the 'reverse search' functionality where you hit CTRL-R, then start typing a bit of text and it finds previous commands with that bit of text, which

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread David Winsemius
On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:26 AM, mfrumin wrote: Hi all, I am generally quite fond of the unix commandline keystrokes (e.g. searching back in your history with [CTRL]-R, and cutting/pasting with [CTRL]- K/Y) which work in the R commandline in *nix. Does anyone know if there's any way to get

Re: [R] unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

2008-09-17 Thread Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Why not use a script? I feel that it is much better than using the history via [CTRL]-R in unix, which also pulls up errorneous commands. A script is vital for statistical analysis and research where you may want to or be asked to repeat or reproduce the analysis months later. Rgui (on wind