Even if this is not covered in the FAQ, it sure had been asked many times on R-help that it qualifies to be in the FAQ. Make sure you have the readline libraries & headers. The last output of `configure' should show `readline' if such capability is found to be working by the configure script.
Andy > From: Paolo Sirabella > > Hi all, > I have successfully compiled and installed (OS: Linux > Mandrake 9.2) the last > devel version of R (ver. 1.9.0). All seems to go well, but > now I cannot use > the cursors for exploring back the command history (when I > press the cursor > key the following characters are shown: ^[[A , or ^[[B etc.). > > Hints and suggestions are welcomed. > > Thanks. > > Paolo > -- > ----------------------------- > Paolo Sirabella, PhD > University of Rome "La Sapienza" > Dept. of Human Physiology and Pharmacology > Building of Human Physiology > P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 - Roma - Italy > > Res Non Verba > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
