From pperkins@ucsd.edu  Sat Oct  7 03:09:00 2000
From: pperkins@ucsd.edu (pperkins@ucsd.edu)
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 04:09:00 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] documentation bug in readline() (PR#685)
Message-ID: <200010070209.EAA12979@pubhealth.ku.dk>

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hi -

the documentation for readline() should reflect the fact that the
prompt= arg is truncated to CONSOLE_PROMPT_SIZE chars, currently defined 
as 32 in src/main/scan.c.  assuming this is the correct behavior, an
updated copy of readline.Rd is attached.

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Version:
 platform = powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
 arch = powerpc
 os = linux-gnu
 system = powerpc, linux-gnu
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 1.1
 year = 2000
 month = August
 day = 15
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, file:/home/peter/R/Home.RData, package:local,
package:distns, Autoloads, package:base
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 filename="readline.Rd"

\name{readline}
\title{Read a Line from the Terminal}
\usage{
readline(prompt="")
}
\alias{readline}
\arguments{
  \item{prompt}{the string printed when prompting the user for input.
  This will be truncated to a maximum allowed length, currently 32 chars.
  Should usually end with a space \code{" "}.}
}
\description{
  \code{readline} reads a line from the terminal, returning it as a
  character string.
}
\examples{
fun <- function() {
  ANSWER <- readline("Are you a satisfied R user? ")
  if (substr(ANSWER, 1, 1) == "n")
    cat("This is impossible.  YOU LIED!\n")
  else
    cat("I knew it.\n")
}
fun()
}
\keyword{utilities}

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[Rd] documentation bug in readline() (PR#685)
pperkins@ucsd.edu