unix-type commandline keystrokes in the windows RGUI
Adaikalavan, thanks. Perhaps I was not so specific enough in what I want, for those not so familiar with unix commandline featuers. I'm looking for the 'reverse search' functionality where you hit CTRL-R, then start typing a bit of text and it finds previous commands with that bit of text, which you just hit enter to execute. I already do write tons of code/scripts in R (using Emacs in fact!). But one of the great features of R/SPSS/Matlab/etc is that they are interactive environments. Thus, I spend lots of time issuing commands as well as writing code. I want to be able to search back through those commands as rapidly and efficiently as you can in the unix (and R unix) commandline. Another way to think about this is -- the unix commandline environment is a scripting environment where you can use emacs. Yet users of unix love the CTRL-R functionality anyway (they wrote it!). So, any suggestions to help do what I specifically asked, or should I go bother the R developers? thanks, Mike
Adaikalavan Ramasamy-2 wrote:
Why not use a script? I feel that it is much better than using the history via [CTRL]-R in unix, which also pulls up errorneous commands. A script is vital for statistical analysis and research where you may want to or be asked to repeat or reproduce the analysis months later. Rgui (on windows) has a built in script editor. There are many external editors capable of working with R. My recommendation is to use emacs via ESS (emacs speaks statistics) which works in most, if not all, operating systems and has a Unix feel to it. If you insist on wanting to use [CTRL]-R like features, then have a look at history() within R. You can also try installing cgywin or bash etc and see if that works from the DOS prompt. Regards, Adai mfrumin wrote:
Hi all, I am generally quite fond of the unix commandline keystrokes (e.g. searching back in your history with [CTRL]-R, and cutting/pasting with [CTRL]-K/Y) which work in the R commandline in *nix. Does anyone know if there's any way to get similar functionality in the Windows RGUI? I know that as of now, [CTRL]-A and -E do the same as unix (beginning and end of line) and [CTRL]-Y does a paste, but [CTRL]-K crops from the cursor to the end of the line but doesn't put the text into the clipboard. the most important thing I want is the [CTRL]-R functionality which is so poorly approximated by pressing the up arrow a million times. I've searched on the archives and didn't find anything about this. Any thoughts? Thanks, Mike
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