[R] lreadline

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Alvaro" == Alvaro A Novo <novo at uiuc.edu> writes:

    Alvaro> I compiled R-1.2.2 on my SuSE 7.1, kernel 2.4.2-2 machine with
    Alvaro> libreadline.4.1 and although I can use vi commands to scroll on
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The bash can be told to use vi-style commands (instead of default
Emacs-style ones),  
but  AFAIK  R can not (yet; are you willing to provide patches ??)

    Alvaro> the shell (bash) command line, I CANNOT do it in R. Here's the
    Alvaro> relevant parts of ./configure (and make):

..............
    Alvaro> anovo at friedman R-1.2.2 > ./configure | grep readline
    Alvaro> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... yes
    Alvaro> checking for readline/history.h... yes
    Alvaro> checking for readline/readline.h... yes

    Alvaro> anovo at friedman R-1.2.2 > make | grep readline
    Alvaro> <snip>
    Alvaro> -L/usr/local/lib  -lreadline

    Alvaro> I created symbolic libreadline.so.3 point to libreadline.so.4.1 and 
    Alvaro> re-installed (deleting directory, untaring and ./configure), but it did not 
    Alvaro> help. Other suggestions?

    Alvaro> Thanks in advance,
    Alvaro> _____________
    Alvaro> Alvaro Novo

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