[R] using Rterm under cygwin, no possiblity to delete characters

[Peter Dalgaard]

Dewez Thomas <t.dewez at brgm.fr> writes:

> + Rterm dies when hitting return after correcting typos
> the error message then is:
> ---
> Error: syntax error
> Execution halted
> ---
> 
> This suggests that Rterm is by-passing fvwm2 and the X11 environment to talk
> to windows directly. This is also probably the reason why terminal
> properties are forgotten when just using Rterm for typing commands. It
> forgets that it was invoked from bash and responds to all the keys pressed.
> If typos are corrected with backspace, Rterm reads is a gibberish string
> made of printable and non printable characters causing it to misunderstand
> the command and fail.

One might also suspect that Rterm does not realize that it is being
run interactively. Will it halt on *all* syntax errors? (e.g. a line
with a single left parenthesis). This doesn't really have anything to
do with bash or the window manager, only whether R uses the readline
interface (which it probably will not if it isn't interactive). 

Which sort of terminal window are you running from?

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