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bigtunacan
bigtunacan

Reputation: 4996

Error in .External2 when using edit() function from RStudio

When I execute the edit() function in RStudio I am receiving the following error message.

Error in .External2(C_edit, name, file, title, editor) : problem with running editor vi

When I execute R directly from a terminal and run the edit() function it opens vi. I'm not sure why this is happening rather than opening the R Data Editor

Upvotes: 1

Views: 797

Answers (1)

jeremycg
jeremycg

Reputation: 24945

edit() uses the default system editor by default on non-windows systems, yours seem to be vi and incorrectly configured.

Try:

edit(x, editor="internal")

for the RStudio one.

Upvotes: 1

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