Unless I'm mistaken, all those features (and more) are available if you run R within ESS/(X)Emacs.
Andy From: John McHenry > > Hi all, > > Are there any plans to add more functionality to command-line > editing and history editing on the command line? > > In MATLAB (I know, comparisons are odious ...), you can type > "p" and up-arrow on the command line and scroll through the > recently entered commands beginning with "p". This is a very > useful feature and something that I believe is not replicated in R. > Please correct me if I'm wrong; currently I use history(Inf) > in R, search for what I want and cut and paste if I find what > I'm looking for. > > Also in MATLAB, tab completion is available for directory > listings and also for function name completion. Again, I'm > unaware of how to do this in R. The added MATLAB > functionality makes finding files easy on the command line > and it also saves the fingers on long function names. > > Thanks, > > Jack. > > > --------------------------------- > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html