as I do, it makes sense to set in your Rprofile.site
options(editor="/usr/bin/open")
otherwise file.show() and file.edit() will open files in vi.
Yes, I said vi.
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4 messages · Jan de Leeuw, elijah wright, Byron Ellis +1 more
as I do, it makes sense to set in your Rprofile.site
options(editor="/usr/bin/open")
otherwise file.show() and file.edit() will open files in vi.
Yes, I said vi.
from the POV of a "traditional unix user", this is 100% expected behavior. folks are probably better off learning enough of the vi commandset to cope, rather than using workarounds... it pays off in the long run. --elijah
On Jun 6, 2004, at 10:47 AM, elijah wright wrote:
as I do, it makes sense to set in your Rprofile.site
options(editor="/usr/bin/open")
otherwise file.show() and file.edit() will open files in vi.
Yes, I said vi.
from the POV of a "traditional unix user", this is 100% expected behavior. folks are probably better off learning enough of the vi commandset to cope, rather than using workarounds... it pays off in the long run. --elijah
Actually, no. The expected UNIX behavior is to open whatever editor you tell it to open. Claiming that people should 'cope' with vi is missing the point (and besides, the default editor is totally arbitrary. Linux happens to use 'vi' most everywhere, but a different UNIX could dump you out into 'ed' just as easily. There's no inherent advantage to knowing 'vi' except the prevalence of Linux systems). --- Byron Ellis (bellis@hsph.harvard.edu) "Oook" -- The Librarian
Emacs users may find it better to set that as the default. I do use ess, but also from time to time, I run R from the command line because I want it to start quickly to do something simple. John Maindonald.
On 7 Jun 2004, at 12:47 AM, elijah wright wrote:
as I do, it makes sense to set in your Rprofile.site
options(editor="/usr/bin/open")
otherwise file.show() and file.edit() will open files in vi.
Yes, I said vi.
from the POV of a "traditional unix user", this is 100% expected behavior. folks are probably better off learning enough of the vi commandset to cope, rather than using workarounds... it pays off in the long run. --elijah
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