[R] evaluating keystroke

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sven Garbade wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> is it possible that a R function wait for a keystroke (as the demo()
> function do) and evaluate the pressed key?

Not really.  In general you need to hit Return to get any input
into R, and the readline() function is one way to do this.  The
platform-specific input routines wait for a complete line (indicated by
hitting Return) before passing the line onto R.

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