[ESS] Can not interrupt long printing

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 21/06/12 15:51, Douglas Bates wrote:
> Why not use

If I remember that it might be a larger object, I usually do that - but I sometimes forget and
then....
> 
> str(x)
> 
> before asking for a display of the complete object?  The str function, written by Martin,
> provides a concise overview of any R object.  Other alternatives for data frames in particular
> are
> 
> head(x, n)  # display the first n rows, the default for n is 6
> 
> and
> 
> tail(x, n)
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com> wrote: Hi
> 
> I sometimes want to see an object / dataframe (lets call it x) in R and, only after issuing
> the command to print it(> x), that it x is a HUGE dataframe and it takes literally minutes to
> print. I am not able to interrupt the printing with Ctrl-c as I used to be, as the cursor is in
> the middle of the screen and not at the end of the output. Interrupting via the menu also does
> not work ("No command on this line"). The only thing I can do is either wait or kill R
> 
> Is it possible to make sure that the cursor stays at the end of the output, so that I can 
> interrupt the printing? Thanks,
> 
> Rainer
> 
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