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...urrent command line. I notice that the readline library is not compiled into the Debian Linux R.binary (ldd R.binary). Perhaps this was an oversight, or perhaps command-line editing has yet to be added. I notice that for vi editing style one ought to set (in "bash" shell) export S_CLEDITOR=vi however, hopefully, the readline [not the S/R readline() function, but the readline library] file ~/.inputrc parameters would work to set "vi" mode and other readline parameters (if the readline library gives this command line functionality in R, that is). -- Jim Burt, NJ9L,...