Re: guix shell readline issue with R

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Sun, 02 Jul 2023 at 17:57, Kyle Andrews <kyle@posteo.net> wrote:

> When I run `guix install r` and then start an R process I get a
> readline-enabled REPL where I can abort commands with C-c C-c while
> keeping the process alive afterwards. When I run R from `guix shell r
> -- R` I don't get any readline support in R. Pressing C-c immediately
> aborts the process. This is inconvenient for interactive
> exploration. Is there a way to make guix shell work the same way as if
> the R command was installed into a profile? 

Ah indeed.  And note that it just works with the option --container.
Hum, I do not know what is twisted here.

Ricardo, any idea?


Cheers,
simon