[R] line wrap in R console under windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 21/04/2009 6:03 AM, William Simpson wrote:
> I would like the R console to wrap lines at 80 cols.
> It does not do so, even though I have used the Rgui Configuration
> Editor to set the Console cols at 80 and the Pager cols at 80.
> 
> Please tell me how to set it up so I have word wrap.
> 
> Just to be clear: in older/other R versions, console input is wrapped
> at 80 cols and so you have something that looks like
>> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
>  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
> blah blah blah blah
> Instead of what I see, which is
>> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah$
> and I need to scroll sideways to see the rest of the stuff past $

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?

Duncan Murdoch


> 
> I checked the archives and saw no postings on this.
> 
> Thanks very much for any help.
> 
> Bill
> 
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