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List:       r-help
Subject:    Re: [R] Long input lines in R.exe
From:       Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil () dcn ! davis ! ca ! us>
Date:       2018-12-27 4:02:38
Message-ID: 176D6CF9-A661-42B2-ADA0-92F194227EED () dcn ! davis ! ca ! us
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No. This is a limitation of CMD that R is not designed to work around.

On December 26, 2018 8:47:44 AM PST, RK <arkay7777@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>When I run R.exe (or Rterm.exe) from cmd.exe and enter in a long input
>line, e.g.
>
>print("12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890")
>
>the visible portion of the input is truncated to:
>
>print("123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789$
>
>In effect, I cannot see the full input line all at once. The visible
>portion of the input, including the $ symbol is 77 characters which
>must be a terminal width setting. Scrolling to the other end of the
>line, allows me to see the hidden portion but this is not ideal.
>Changing options(width=132) within R.exe/cmd.exe shows long output
>lines, which tells me that terminal width is not a fundamental
>limitation.
>
>This behavior does not occur when using RGui.exe, RStudio, etc. where
>the visible portion of the input lines is limited by screen width.
>
>Is there any way to make R.exe show long input lines when using
>cmd.exe? I prefer to use R.exe when I am working off the Windows
>console.
>
>I am using R 3.5.2 on Win10, 64-bit.
>
>Thanks,
>RK
>
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