How to increase the number of columns using R in Linux

Question

This may seem menial, but it affects my productivity. I am using R in terminal mode on Linux. Unlike the Windows IDE, Linux limits the number of columns to 80, thus making h

Answer 1

I use this:

wideScreen <- function(howWide=as.numeric(strsplit(system('stty size', intern=T), ' ')[[1]])[2]) {
   options(width=as.integer(howWide))
}

Because the COLUMNS environment variable, and tset, aren't updated when the window is resized, but stty size is.