[R] Avoiding Delete key function as 'Quit R' in Rterm when there are no characters in cursor line

[Iago Giné Vázquez]

Duncan, do you think it's worth to comment this in R-devel list?

Iago

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De: CALUM POLWART <polc1410 using gmail.com>
Enviat el: divendres, 9 de febrer de 2024 18:28
Per a: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
A/c: Iago Giné Vázquez <iago.gine using sjd.es>; r-help using r-project.org <r-help using r-project.org>
Tema: Re: [R] Avoiding Delete key function as 'Quit R' in Rterm when there are no characters in cursor line

I don't use term, but I've just tested it and this is reproducable.

Is it a bug? Not sure. If you hit c after getting the message it will cancel the q() request.


On Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 17:21 Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com<mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>> wrote:
That looks to me like a bug, but I don't use Windows any more, so I
won't offer to try to fix it for you.  In fact I don't think Rterm has
many users at all:  most Windows users probably use RStudio or one of
the other graphical front ends (Visual Studio, Emacs, Rgui, etc.)

So maybe you can track down the issue, or someone else will try.  Or
maybe you'll just have to avoid triggering the bug (if it really is one).

Duncan Murdoch

On 09/02/2024 10:03 a.m., Iago Giné Vázquez wrote:
> Yes, indeed, I am talking about Rterm in Windows.
>
> Iago
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *De:* Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com<mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>>
> *Enviat el:* divendres, 9 de febrer de 2024 13:50
> *Per a:* Iago Giné Vázquez <iago.gine using sjd.es<mailto:iago.gine using sjd.es>>
> *Tema:* Re: [R] Avoiding Delete key function as 'Quit R' in Rterm when
> there are no characters in cursor line
> On 09/02/2024 6:25 a.m., Iago Giné Vázquez wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I cite from README.Rterm
>>
>> ^D, DEL     : Delete the character under the cursor.
>>
>> That is the general behaviour, but when there is no character (neither under the cursor nor at its left), pressing the Delete key suggests closing the R terminal. Is there any (configurable) way to avoid this behaviour?
>
> Are you talking about rterm in Windows, or which front end?
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>

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