[Rd] editing pasted text from parameter list through rcompletion crashes R in Windows (PR#9775)

[mwtoews at sfu.ca]

Full_Name: Michael Toews
Version: R 2.5.1
OS: WinXP; SP2
Submission from: (NULL) (142.58.206.114)


To reproduce this crash:
1. Start a new R session normally in Windows
2. Type (an example command): "boxplot(" without pressing enter
3. Copy this text: "c(1,2,6,4,7,3)"
4. Bring Rgui.exe back in focus, and hit "Tab" twice to activate the parameter
list (you should see "x=          ...=        range=      width=" etc.)
4. Paste the text, then press the backspace key, *crash*

There several other variations to crash R similarly, such as pressing the
left-key to edit the pasted text while rcompletion is showing the parameter
list. Present behaviour for rcompletion is to remove the parameter list from the
console after typing has started; however, this list is not removed if text is
pasted, which appears to crash R if the cursor moves backwards (buffer
problems?).

Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = i386
 os = mingw32
 system = i386, mingw32
 status = 
 major = 2
 minor = 5.1
 year = 2007
 month = 06
 day = 27
 svn rev = 42083
 language = R
 version.string = R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)

Windows XP (build 2600) Service Pack 2.0

Locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_Canada.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_Canada.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_Canada.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_Canada.1252

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:stats, package:graphics, package:grDevices, package:utils,
package:datasets, package:methods, Autoloads, package:base