R help - Jan 2011 - Shortcut key to get to beginniing of line in R?

This is a generalize question: basically, say you are typing a long line of
command in R console, and then you realize you forgot to add something in
the beginning, is there a way to get to the beginning of the line without
pressing the "left" key on the keyboard and waiting for the cursor to
get to
the beginning, or using the mouse?

I'm using windows version of R.

Thanks!
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try "home" or better yet use a text editor and cut/paste your command;
let you type a lot of shorter lines that are more readable and easy to change.

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On Jan 9, 2011, at 16:00, casshyr <casshyr at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is a generalize question: basically, say you are typing a long line of
> command in R console, and then you realize you forgot to add something in
> the beginning, is there a way to get to the beginning of the line without
> pressing the "left" key on the keyboard and waiting for the
cursor to get to
> the beginning, or using the mouse?
> 
> I'm using windows version of R.
> 
> Thanks!
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On Jan 9, 2011, at 4:00 PM, casshyr wrote:
>
> This is a generalize question: basically, say you are typing a long  
> line of
> command in R console, and then you realize you forgot to add  
> something in
> the beginning, is there a way to get to the beginning of the line  
> without
> pressing the "left" key on the keyboard and waiting for the
cursor
> to get to
> the beginning, or using the mouse?
>
> I'm using windows version of R.
As far as I know all versions accept cntr-a for that purpose.

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On 01/09/2011 04:00 PM, casshyr wrote:
> This is a generalize question: basically, say you are typing a long line of
> command in R console, and then you realize you forgot to add something in
> the beginning, is there a way to get to the beginning of the line without
> pressing the "left" key on the keyboard and waiting for the
cursor to get to
> the beginning, or using the mouse?
>
> I'm using windows version of R.
>
> Thanks!
Try Ctrl+a or the "home" key

Ctrl+e should put you at the end of the line.

Jason