[R] Problems with arrow keys

[Philippe Glaziou]

Andrew Criswell <arc at arcriswell.com> wrote:
> I just built R-1.8.0 on my Linux-Mandrake 9.0 using the commands,
> 
> ./configure --enable-R-shlib
> make
> make install
> 
> It all seems to have gone fine.  But when I open R and use the arrow 
> keys to try to go back to previous lines, it doesn't work.  What I get 
> instead is something like.
> 
> > ^[[A^[[A^[[A^[[A^[[A
> 
> I didn't have this problem when I installed R-1.7.1 as rpm.  I could 
> make use of the arrow keys.


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Philippe