[R] Pager size in 1.2.2 Windows

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Marc R. Feldesman wrote:

> The following sequence of commands (for example):
>
>  >my.data<-rnorm(10000, 5, 1)
>  >my.data
>
> fills my pager buffer beyond its capacity.  When I type "my.data", the
> pager displays approximately the bottom 7000 cells of the file, but "loses"
> the first 3000.  Is there a some setting that increases the size of the
> pager buffer, or is this a limit in the Windows version?

First, I assume this is the console and not a pager, and you are displaying
an object and not a file?

The console scrollback size can be set in the file Rconsole, at the lines

# memory limits for the console scrolling buffer, in bytes and lines
bufbytes = 65000
buflines = 8000

You've hit the first one: you need about 10 bytes per item.

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