[R] readline/R

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Ori Rosen wrote:

> I am trying to get readline working in R to avoid retyping commands.
> I have compliled both readline and R on my work station. Although the
> compilation shows (see below) that readline is supported, it
> doesn't really work. I would appreciate any tips on how to get it to work.

Whatever does `it doesn't really work' mean?  Surely it works or it
doesn't?  What does capabilities("cledit") say?

This works out of the box for me on Solaris 2.7, and always has
(even with 64-bit compilers).

>
> Thanks
> Ori
>
> R is now configured for sparc-sun-solaris2.7
>
>   Source directory:          .
>   Installation directory:    /usr/local
>   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2
>   C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
>   FORTRAN compiler:          f77  -g
>
>   X11 support:               yes
>   Gnome support:             no
>   Tcl/Tk support:            no
>   Readline support:          yes
>
>   R profiling support:       yes
>   R as a shared library:     no
>
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