Thank you, Simon. I did search for information before posting, of course, but unfortunately did not think of NEWS; my apologies.
-Don At 2:16 PM -0400 6/1/07, Simon Urbanek wrote: >Don, > >first, you failed to tell us how you use R. There are several ways >(R.app, R from the shell, ESS, ...) and each uses a different way to >auto-complete. My wild guess is that you mean the second method >(based on your false statement about CRAN binary and libedit) and in >that case I can just repeat what has been said before ( >http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/devel/07/04/3027.html ) - >please read the NEWS. > >Cheers, >Simon > > >On Jun 1, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Don MacQueen wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I am seeing a difference between R versions in how filename >>completion performs. Specifically, something that worked in 2.3.1, >>which I built from sources, does not work in the CRAN binary 2.5.0. >>(Apparently, I skipped versions 2.4.x and went directly from 2.3.1 to >>2.5.0, so I can't speak to the behavior in 2.4.x.) >> >>This may be due to the CRAN binary using libedit from Apple instead >>of GNU readline? >>(from the R for OS X faq: "Nevertheless, GNU readline has some >>additional functionality so it may be worth installing anyway.") >> >>Details: >> >>Suppose I have files of R code in my working directory named: >> foo-bar.r >> ugh.bar.r >> >>I want to source these files using, e.g., >> source('foo-bar.r') >> source('ugh.bar.r') >> >>In my R 2.3.1 (built from source), command line completion (by >>hitting the tab key) worked for both files. >>That is, after typing >> source('foo-b >>or >> source('ugh.b >>and then hitting TAB, the filename completed. >> >>In R 2.5.0 (binary), filename completion works for >> source('ugh.b >>but not for >> source('foo-b >>I hit the tab key, and it beeps but does nothing. >> >>Since I have been in the habit of using (and desire to use) hyphens >>in file names, it would be nice to have both. >> >>I tried to find out which version of readline my build of 2.3.1 one >>used, and couldn't find version info in any of the logs. But I do >>have libreadline.5.0.dylib from fink in /sw/lib, whereas Apple seems >>to supply libedit.dylib in /usr/lib, so maybe my build and the CRAN >>binary are using different libraries. More than likely, I would >>guess... And maybe Apple's doesn't support completion with hyphens. >> >>Thanks >>-Don >> >> >>The respective version and session info is: >> >>###### 2.5.0 >>> version >> _ >>platform powerpc-apple-darwin8.9.1 >>arch powerpc >>os darwin8.9.1 >>system powerpc, darwin8.9.1 >>status >>major 2 >>minor 5.0 >>year 2007 >>month 04 >>day 23 >>svn rev 41293 >>language R >>version.string R version 2.5.0 (2007-04-23) >> >>> sessionInfo() >>R version 2.5.0 (2007-04-23) >>powerpc-apple-darwin8.9.1 >> >>locale: >>C >> >>attached base packages: >>[1] "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" >>"methods" "base" >> >>###### 2.3.1 >>> version >> _ >>platform powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0 >>arch powerpc >>os darwin8.7.0 >>system powerpc, darwin8.7.0 >>status Patched >>major 2 >>minor 3.1 >>year 2006 >>month 08 >>day 19 >>svn rev 38935 >>language R >>version.string Version 2.3.1 Patched (2006-08-19 r38935) >> >>> sessionInfo() >>Version 2.3.1 Patched (2006-08-19 r38935) >>powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0 >> >>attached base packages: >>[1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" >>"datasets" "base" >> >> >>-- >>-------------------------------------- >>Don MacQueen >>Environmental Protection Department >>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >>Livermore, CA, USA >> >>_______________________________________________ >>R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac -- -------------------------------------- Don MacQueen Environmental Protection Department Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA, USA _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
