Thanks for answering. But this is the default behavior when using R (or anything else) in any linux terminal.
-----Original Message----- From: Ista Zahn [mailto:istaz...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 19:01 To: Viju Moses Cc: Jorge Ivan Velez; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] lines don't wrap. must scroll horizontally to see/edit a long line in R GUI H Viju, Automatically breaking _input_ lines is dangerous, because line breaks have meaning in R. It sounds to me like you need to use the Return key to insert line breaks at the appropriate places. -Ista On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Viju Moses <vijumo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Jorge, Thanks. > > But. > > (My R console width is set by default at 91, which is fine. > > Output for R>1:120 wraps correctly already. ) > > > > The problem is that when I am typing a command, it does not wrap like it > does in this email while typing. As I am reach the right border, a > horizontal scroll bar appears, and as I keep typing further, the initial > part of the line starts disappearing below the left border of the console. > So, I am unable to see a long line completely without moving the scroll bar > right and left. > > > > From: Jorge Ivan Velez [mailto:jorgeivanve...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 9:09 > To: Viju Moses > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] lines don't wrap. must scroll horizontally to see/edit a > long line in R GUI > > > > Hi Viju, > > > > Here is a suggestion: > > > > R> options(width = 80) > > R> 1:120 > > > > HTH, > > Jorge > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Viju Moses <> wrote: > > I'm facing this problem on R GUI version 2.10.0 on Windows Vista. I have not > changed Windows settings or R GUI settings much except to change from MDI to > SDI. > > Someone else reported this problem a few months ago: > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-April/195714.html > but it wasn't followed up. > > I'd change the settings on Preferences, but there's no help explaining the > various options. (That's another problem, by the way... Is there a link you > know?) > > I guess fixing this would be straightforward. Hope someone who did will > reply. Thanks. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
