Access R command history rstudioapi::cmd_history(n = 25)

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4/5
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3-5 days
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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing R's history() behavior and the proposed rstudioapi::cmd_history(n = 25) entry point. Done means the API can return command history as a character vector without opening the GUI history pane.

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Description

I'm not fully down with how history works in R but it seems like Rstudio registers a handler that causes a GUI pane to open when history() is called. So if I want to access the command history from R as a character vector, there's no way to do this.

Could the api provide this facility?

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