Treat multiline command as one block in R Console history

[ThomasSoeiro]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

If we send a multiline command to the console, e.g.:

table(
  warpbreaks$wool,
  warpbreaks$tension
)

And then press up arrow in R console, we only get the last line (i.e. )).

RStudio, Positron, and ESS give the entiere command, which is very convenient.

This is discussed e.g. here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/16226216

Describe the solution you'd like

Treat multiline command as one block in R Console history, i.e. get the full command as in RStudio, Positron, and ESS when pressing up arrow.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not tried in radian (cannot be easily installed on my work computer). Plus I prefer to stick with upstream R console.

Additional context

Would be very useful for multiline pipe commands too!

[Fred-Wu]

vscode-R uses R native terminal (say, Rterm.exe) if not using radian, which is different to Rgui.
That's the limitation of Rterm and radian is supposed to be the solution for this.
Otherwise, it simply cannot be done from vscode-R side.

[ThomasSoeiro]

For the record and as mentionned in #1666 (comment), RStudio, Positron, and Emacs-ESS (according to this SO post, but not tested) support this. They may apply some downstream modifications to the native R console (though it’s way beyond my skills to figure out exactly which ones...)

Of course the maintainers are free to close as not planned :)

Thanks!

[ThomasSoeiro]

FWIW, Positron uses the native R console (Path: /usr/bin/R on the screenshot below). The console also supports syntax highlighting and code completion. Maybe they are all Ark features?

See also #1540 and #1648

[Fred-Wu]

FWIW, Positron uses the native R console (Path: /usr/bin/R on the screenshot below). The console also supports syntax highlighting and code completion. Maybe they are all Ark

Changing the native R terminal behavior feels too large a task for one person, compared with the scale of effort from a company.