[R] R 1.9.0 and cursors

[Liaw, Andy]

Even if this is not covered in the FAQ, it sure had been asked many times on
R-help that it qualifies to be in the FAQ.  Make sure you have the readline
libraries & headers.  The last output of `configure' should show `readline'
if such capability is found to be working by the configure script.

Andy

> From: Paolo Sirabella
> 
> Hi all,
> I have successfully compiled and installed (OS: Linux 
> Mandrake 9.2) the last 
> devel version of R (ver. 1.9.0). All seems to go well, but 
> now I cannot use 
> the cursors for exploring back the command history (when I 
> press the cursor 
> key the following characters are shown: ^[[A , or ^[[B etc.).
> 
> Hints and suggestions are welcomed.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Paolo
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> 
> Res Non Verba
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