[R-SIG-Mac] Editor line-editing blank lines

[Roberto Osorio]

Here's an example, copied and pasted from the console
:
> a = rnorm(20)
> a = rnorm(40)
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> a = rnorm(40)
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> a = rnorm(60)
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> a = rnorm(80)
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I typed a = rnorm(20); then used up arrow and edited the command a few
times. At each step an extra line is generated in the console.

R 2.4.0 GUI 1.17 (3868), OS X 10.4.8 intel, but I always noticed this,
even in a previous installation in a ppc.

On 10/9/06, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Roberto Osorio wrote:
>
> > I meant the console, using the up arrow to call the line editor to
> > edit previous commands.  To reproduce the behavior, try
> > 1. Use up arrow to recall a previous command
> > 2. Do edit this command (otherwise it's fine)
> > 3. Now use the up arrow again. (An extra blank line is created)
> > 4. Edit a previous command again.
> > 5. Now use the up arrow again. (You should see two extra blank lines)
> >
>
> I'm sorry but I can't reproduce this. When I'm editing a previous
> command and press <up>, no line is added and the just edited change
> is discarded (to be precise pressing <up> in the middle of a command
> moves your cursor up such that you can copy/paste in the history text
> - if you want the previous command, you have to go to the beginning
> or end of the line - but neither has anything to do with adding lines).
>
> This is R  2.4.0 GUI 1.17 (3868), Mac OS X 10.4.7 ppc. What system
> and R are you running?
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
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