[R] R and xterm

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "RB" == Ragnar Beer <rbeer at uni-goettingen.de> writes:

    RB> Howdy!  I have a problem that's similar to one discussed
    RB> earlier on the list: When not in xterm all the backspace and
    RB> cursor-movements and stuff are working well. Only when I start
    RB> R in an xterm window backspace appears as ^H and so on. What
    RB> can I do?

So where do you run it when not in an xterm?

I suspect it's a terminfo/termcaps (terminal behavior, and I can never
recall which is being used) problem, not an R problem.  You might try
resetting the terminal prior to running R, i.e.
        TERM=vt100 ; export TERM
from sh/bash/ksh, or 
        setenv TERM vt100
from csh/tcsh etc.

These are suggestions, not guaranteed to work.  You probably want to
use 
        env
to check what your initial TERM setting is.

best,
-tony

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