Re: [R] R command line: need intelligent command history recall?

2006-02-04 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 2/4/2006 3:03 AM, Michael wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure if this feature exists in the R-console command line prompt: > > In Matlab, if I want to enter a command which is similar to what I have > entered before, > > I can enter a few prefix, then press "->", the previous command that matc

Re: [R] R command line: need intelligent command history recall?

2006-02-04 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I guess you are using Windows, as you do not tell us. History search facilities are available in Rterm.exe, and also in readline as used in the interface on Unix-alikes. Many people use Emacs+ESS. (In all cases I think the search mode is slicker than you describe for Matlab.) And RGui has ano

Re: [R] R command line: need intelligent command history recall?

2006-02-04 Thread Philippe Grosjean
Michael wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure if this feature exists in the R-console command line prompt: > > In Matlab, if I want to enter a command which is similar to what I have > entered before, > > I can enter a few prefix, then press "->", the previous command that matches > with this prefi

[R] R command line: need intelligent command history recall?

2006-02-04 Thread Michael
Hi all, I am not sure if this feature exists in the R-console command line prompt: In Matlab, if I want to enter a command which is similar to what I have entered before, I can enter a few prefix, then press "->", the previous command that matches with this prefix will then appear on this comman