[R] Autocompletion

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 16 20:53:38 CEST 2006


On 8/16/06, Óttar Ísberg <ottaris at gmail.com> wrote:
> That was quick, and thanks. I'm afraid I wasn't precise enough. I'm using
> Windows XP and by autocompletion I mean typing the first few letters of a
> command and then have the system either complete the command or give you
> possible options, as in MATLAB or, for that matter, UNIX.

Regarding Windows XP, I do not know. However, on Linux, one presses
CTRL+R and R tries to complete the command with a command previously
used. Notwithstanding, I am sure that one can use the arrows keys on
Windows XP to invoke commands from a list of already used commands.
Try both ways.

Paul



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