On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:13:02 -0500 Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6235034/vi-keybindings-for-r-command-line-like-in-bash > > ?? (tl;dr "set editing-mode vi" or "set keymap vi" in .inputrc ... ) Yew bewdy!!! That (set editing-mode vi) did it. My everlasting gratitude. cheers Rolf > > > On 11/25/24 20:09, Rolf Turner wrote: > > > > > > I have recently acquired a new laptop. (My old one was giving me > > ominous messages on boot-up, about possible hard drive problems.) > > > > I want to get everything running "just as it was" on the old laptop > > (So that I can stay in my comfort zone). In particular, I would > > like to do command line editing with vi syntax, which is what I am > > used to. > > > > I cannot for the life of me remember how I told R to use vi syntax > > on my old laptop. I am sure it was very simple. A web search led > > me to advice that this had to be do be done by installing some > > "plugins" (???), but I am certain that stuff like that was not > > necessary. > > > > Can anyone refesh my aging memory? Thanks. > > > > cheers, > > > > Rolf Turner > > > -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Stats. Dep't. (secretaries) phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 89622 Home phone: +64-9-480-4619 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
