The simplest way to do this is to put
options(prompt = "R> ")
in your .Rprofile file. If you don't have an .Rprifile file,
then persuading Windows to let you call a file by that name can
be frustrating. I suggest you delegate the job to R itself and
use something like this
---
wd <- getwd()
setwd(Sys.getenv("R_USER")) ## change working directories
cat('\noptions(prompt = "R> ")\n',
file = ".Rprofile", append = TRUE)
setwd(wd)
---
Putting the .Rprofile in the R_USER directory ensures that it
will be used prior to all invocations of R you make.
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-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Jacob van Wyk
Sent: Friday, 10 November 2006 3:33 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Command Line Prompt Symbol
Hi
I run R in Windows.
Is there a simple way of changing the prompt symbol ">" to, say,
"R>" ?
(Not just for a temporary session, but every time R command window is
opened.) The documentation of doing this is rather "sparse".
Much appreciated for your assistance.
Jacob
Jacob L van Wyk
Department of Statistics
University of Johannesburg, APK
P O Box 524
Auckland Park 2006
South Africa
Tel: +27 11 489 3080
Fax: +27 11 489 2832
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