[R] lines don't wrap. must scroll horizontally to see/edit a long line in R GUI

[Viju Moses]

Thanks for responding. 

Problem: When I am typing a command, it does not wrap like it does in this
email while typing. As I reach the right border, a horizontal scroll bar
appears, and as I keep typing further, the initial part of the line starts
disappearing below the left border of the console. So, I am unable to see a
long line completely without moving the scroll bar right and left. R output,
eg >1:120 (as discussed earlier), is wrapped fine. 

I find this difficult because I had been using R in Linux (terminal), now it
is necessary for me to use it both in Windows and Linux. My first question
was short because it is exactly the same as in the link I'd pasted. The
purpose of this question is simply to ask how this can be changed. I
understand it's a feature, not a bug. 

A screenshot of the R console is attached. Notice the $ on the left and the
scrollbar below. 

Hope that's explanation enough. Looking forward to your reply. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 16:35
To: Viju Moses
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] lines don't wrap. must scroll horizontally to see/edit a
long line in R GUI

On 12/12/2009 10:34 PM, Viju Moses wrote:
> I'm facing this problem on R GUI version 2.10.0 on Windows Vista. I have
not
> changed Windows settings or R GUI settings much except to change from MDI
to
> SDI. 
> 
> Someone else reported this problem a few months ago: 
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-April/195714.html
> but it wasn't followed up. 

Yes it was, I replied to that message:

>> Which version are you talking about?  I don't recall Rgui ever wrapping 
>> input.  The config settings affect output.  Maybe you're thinking of
Rterm?

You also don't answer my question.  If you are claiming something has 
changed, you need to tell us how to see the change.


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