I'm using R for Mac Aqua version 2.1.1 If at the command line, I type: ls( and then a return, the command line prompt changes to a plus sign indicating that the command has not been completed. How do I break, or kill, the partial command? Sometimes, I type a long command but miss a bracket or parenthesis. On a unix or linux version of R, I can type ctrl-c. On the Mac, ctrl-c, command-(dot), and escape do not work. Any solutions? Mike
breaking command in command line in R for Mac Aqua
4 messages · Michael Sohn, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Peter Dalgaard +1 more
Why not use an editor ? I would highly recommend Emacs in combination with Emacs Speaks Statistics (ESS). Section 2.1 of [1] might help with the installation. Otherwise you can try JGR [2] or others [3]. There is a R special interest group for MAC users [4] that you can try. [1] http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/ess_2.html [2] http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/JGR/index.shtml [3] http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/projects/Editors.html [4] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac Regards, Adai
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 13:34 -0700, Michael Sohn wrote:
I'm using R for Mac Aqua version 2.1.1 If at the command line, I type: ls( and then a return, the command line prompt changes to a plus sign indicating that the command has not been completed. How do I break, or kill, the partial command? Sometimes, I type a long command but miss a bracket or parenthesis. On a unix or linux version of R, I can type ctrl-c. On the Mac, ctrl-c, command-(dot), and escape do not work. Any solutions? Mike
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Adaikalavan Ramasamy <ramasamy at cancer.org.uk> writes:
Why not use an editor ? I would highly recommend Emacs in combination with Emacs Speaks Statistics (ESS). Section 2.1 of [1] might help with the installation. Otherwise you can try JGR [2] or others [3]. There is a R special interest group for MAC users [4] that you can try. [1] http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/ess_2.html [2] http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/JGR/index.shtml [3] http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/projects/Editors.html [4] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac Regards, Adai
Neither of those prevent you from sending incomplete lines do they?
In a tight spot, you can alway just generate a syntax error. The thing
is that you will typically have forgotten how to do that reliably.
Entering
$$
or
a b
is a good guess. The main exception is that you could be in the middle
of a text string, in which case you need a terminating quote first.
-p
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 13:34 -0700, Michael Sohn wrote:
I'm using R for Mac Aqua version 2.1.1 If at the command line, I type: ls( and then a return, the command line prompt changes to a plus sign indicating that the command has not been completed. How do I break, or kill, the partial command? Sometimes, I type a long command but miss a bracket or parenthesis. On a unix or linux version of R, I can type ctrl-c. On the Mac, ctrl-c, command-(dot), and escape do not work. Any solutions? Mike
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My favorite syntax error for such situations is "[}", but as Peter said, that won't work if you are in the middle of a quote. Then one might try '"[}'. If that failed, "'[}" should work. Thanks, Peter. spencer graves
Peter Dalgaard wrote:
Adaikalavan Ramasamy <ramasamy at cancer.org.uk> writes:
Why not use an editor ? I would highly recommend Emacs in combination with Emacs Speaks Statistics (ESS). Section 2.1 of [1] might help with the installation. Otherwise you can try JGR [2] or others [3]. There is a R special interest group for MAC users [4] that you can try. [1] http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/ess_2.html [2] http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/JGR/index.shtml [3] http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/projects/Editors.html [4] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac Regards, Adai
Neither of those prevent you from sending incomplete lines do they?
In a tight spot, you can alway just generate a syntax error. The thing
is that you will typically have forgotten how to do that reliably.
Entering
$$
or
a b
is a good guess. The main exception is that you could be in the middle
of a text string, in which case you need a terminating quote first.
-p
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 13:34 -0700, Michael Sohn wrote:
I'm using R for Mac Aqua version 2.1.1 If at the command line, I type: ls( and then a return, the command line prompt changes to a plus sign indicating that the command has not been completed. How do I break, or kill, the partial command? Sometimes, I type a long command but miss a bracket or parenthesis. On a unix or linux version of R, I can type ctrl-c. On the Mac, ctrl-c, command-(dot), and escape do not work. Any solutions? Mike
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