[R] keyboard issue in R console

[Marc Schwartz]

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 10:48 -0400, Hao Liu wrote:
> hi! All:
> 
> I can do up or down arrow on keyboard to browse through command history 
> on R console in windows. However, I can't do that on a linux xterm or 
> console... I wonder how to make this feature work on linux... it will 
> make working a lot more efficient...
> 
> Thanks
> Hao

You are most likely missing the readline library and/or the readline
'devel' files, depending upon how you installed R.

See R FAQ 7.20 How can I get command line editing to work?

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-get-command-line-editing-to-work_003f


Additional information is available in the R Installation/Administration
Manual with your system or in HTML here:

http://cran.us.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html

HTH,

Marc Schwartz