The `options(continue = " ")` in `.Rprofile` does not take effect in Console.

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by setting options(continue = " ") in ~/.Rprofile, restarting the R session, and running the multiline command in the Positron Console. Start by tracing the Console entry point that renders continuation prompts; done means multiline input uses the configured blank prompt instead of '+', matching the expected output.

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Description

area: console bug lang: r support

Positron Version:

Positron Version: 2024.06.1 (Universal) build 27
Code - OSS Version: 1.90.0
Commit: a893e5b282612ccb2200102957ac38d3c14e5196
Date: 2024-06-26T02:08:06.673Z
Electron: 29.4.0
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.4.0

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Add options(continue = " ") to ~/.Rprofile.
  2. Restart R session.
  3. Run a multi-line command:
mtcars |> 
  ggplot2::ggplot(ggplot2::aes(x = mpg)) +
  ggplot2::geom_histogram()

What did you expect to happen?

I expect the continue lines in console to be blanks rather than the default +. This expected behavior appears in RStudio, but not in Positron.

Want:

> mtcars |> 
   ggplot2::ggplot(ggplot2::aes(x = mpg)) +
   ggplot2::geom_histogram()

Got:

> mtcars |> 
+   ggplot2::ggplot(ggplot2::aes(x = mpg)) +
+   ggplot2::geom_histogram()

Were there any error messages in the output or Developer Tools console?

None.

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