[R-SIG-Mac] ?> as a valid help request

[David Winsemius]

On May 25, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Timothy Bates wrote:

>> just do
>> '?>'
> On 25 May 2011, at 5:20 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
>> ?>
>> Error: unexpected '>' in “?>”
>
>
> Thanks Mark and Ian,
> Glad it’s a straightforward and memorable workaround. And this is  
> easy in the new GUI (which adds quotes around a selection. Still  
> wish that the error told me that was a likely cause: I just assumed  
> it was impossible to search on.
>
> Followup GUI query: Is there a was to go to the beginning of the  
> command line directly? My method is to cmd-right select the line,  
> then use right arrow to fall off the end of the selection leaving  
> the cursor at the start (ready to type a ?)

cntrl-a works for me on the GUI and I suspect on a terminal console  
session as well, since I have been told that it is a UNIX convention.

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT