[R] How do I change the editor in R command window?

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

> I have started using R on my Linux box (Debian), and I have some
> problems with setting the editor/keyboard for R. The
> For instance, arrow-up gives "^[[A", and delete gives "^H". I have a
> Norwegian keyboard, but that doesn't cause any
> problems for editors like emacs. Could you advice me on how I can set

Could it be that you recompiled R yourself on a system without the headers for
the libreadline4 library  (i.e. the libreadline4-dev package) ?  In that case, 
configure does not find the the readline library, and R will be built without 
readline support.  

But in any event, Debian users can simply point apt to a CRAN mirror as e.g. per

   deb http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian potato main

(adjust either of the ISO country codes, or the Debian distribution, to taste)  to 
automagically obtain fresh versions of  R shortly after each new release.

As for the editor request, the CRAN sites also carries current ESS packages for 
Debian, so all you need (with a line in place as shown above in /etc/apt/sources.list) is

  apt-get update; apt-get install ess

and you should be all set.

Regards,   Dirk



> > the editor for R right? I have tried option(editor="emacs")
> > and setenv R_EDITOR=emacs, but without any effect.
> > 
> > Yours sincerely Rasmus Benestad
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