R devel - Dec 2001 - (PR#1229) RGui/R Console crashes when entering illegal

This is answered in the rw-FAQ, Q2.12!  It is not a problem with R, but
with your installation of Windows.

*PLEASE* do not report FAQs as bugs: it a complete waste of the
developers' time.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 hb@maths.lth.se wrote:
> Full_Name: Henrik Bengtsson
> Version: v1.4.0 (2001-12-19)
> OS: WinMe
> Submission from: (NULL) (217.208.14.137)
>
>
> When typing/pasting "£" (UK pound), "¤" (sun/star),
"§" (paragraph), "½" (1/2
> char) etc in the R Console window the RGui environment crashes. I noticed
this
> first in R v1.4.0 (2001-12-19 by B. Ripley), but it also happens in R
v1.3.1.
>
> The symbols above are on my keyboard which makes it easy crash R by
mistake. I
> addition to typing and paste these symbols, I also tried to enter a few
other
> characters by using Alt-NumKeys (http://www.asciitable.com/) and I found
that
> several other symbols with ASCII >127 crash the RGui.
>
> Happy New Year and thanks
>
> Henrik Bengtsson
>
>
>
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