R help - Sep 2008 - unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI

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 similar functionality in the Windows RGUI?

I know that as of now, [CTRL]-A and -E do the same as unix (beginning and
end of line) and [CTRL]-Y does a paste, but [CTRL]-K crops from the cursor
to the end of the line but doesn't put the text into the clipboard.  the
most important thing I want is the [CTRL]-R functionality which is so poorly
approximated by pressing the up arrow a million times.

I've searched on the archives and didn't find anything about this.   Any
thoughts?

Thanks,
Mike
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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 windows) has a built in script editor. There are many external 
editors capable of working with R. My recommendation is to use emacs via 
ESS (emacs speaks statistics) which works in most, if not all, operating 
systems and has a Unix feel to it.

If you insist on wanting to use [CTRL]-R like features, then have a look 
at history() within R. You can also try installing cgywin or bash etc 
and see if that works from the DOS prompt.

Regards, Adai



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 similar functionality in the Windows RGUI?
> 
> I know that as of now, [CTRL]-A and -E do the same as unix (beginning and
> end of line) and [CTRL]-Y does a paste, but [CTRL]-K crops from the cursor
> to the end of the line but doesn't put the text into the clipboard. 
the
> most important thing I want is the [CTRL]-R functionality which is so
poorly
> approximated by pressing the up arrow a million times.
> 
> I've searched on the archives and didn't find anything about this. 
Any
> thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike

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 similar functionality in the Windows RGUI?
>
> I know that as of now, [CTRL]-A and -E do the same as unix  
> (beginning and
> end of line) and [CTRL]-Y does a paste, but [CTRL]-K crops from the  
> cursor
> to the end of the line but doesn't put the text into the clipboard.   
> the
> most important thing I want is the [CTRL]-R functionality which is  
> so poorly
> approximated by pressing the up arrow a million times.
>
> I've searched on the archives and didn't find anything about this.
> Any
> thoughts?
My memory from using RGUI in Windows is that <up-arrow> provided that  
functionality. I do not remember needing to do any special set-up to  
get that behavior.

It is mentioned on p2 of
<http://www.wcsmalaysia.org/stats/PDF/Starting_R.pdf>
.... so I think my memory is still working.

-- 
David Winsemius
Heritage Laboratories

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. ? 09:26, mfrumin a ?crit :
>
> 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 similar functionality in the Windows RGUI?
>
> I know that as of now, [CTRL]-A and -E do the same as unix  
> (beginning and
> end of line) and [CTRL]-Y does a paste, but [CTRL]-K crops from the  
> cursor
> to the end of the line but doesn't put the text into the clipboard.   
> the
> most important thing I want is the [CTRL]-R functionality which is  
> so poorly
> approximated by pressing the up arrow a million times.
>
> I've searched on the archives and didn't find anything about this.
> Any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> -- 
> View this message in context:
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