[ESS] emacs freezes using readline

[Rodney Sparapani]

Thomas Harte wrote:
> i'm experiencing emacs freezing when i do, e.g.:
> 
> 	for (i in 1:5) {
> 		ans<- readline("continue? ")
> 		if (substr(ans, 1, 1) == "n") break
> 	}
> 
> but it works just find in the R console.  is there a fix for interactive input?
> 

Oh, that's because you are changing the prompt from ">" to "continue?".
This works for me:

  	for (i in 1:5) {
  		ans<- readline("> continue? ")
  		if (substr(ans, 1, 1) == "n") break
  	}

Rodney