execute multiline selection in active [radian] terminal fails in vscode

environment:

R 4.1.1 (linux) vscode 1.62.1 vscode settings:

// Use active terminal for all commands, rather than creating a new R terminal.
"r.alwaysUseActiveTerminal": false,

not working:

Selecting the following and hitting <ctrl+enter> tries to execute but fails with error:

library("pasilla")
pasCts <- system.file("extdata",
                      "pasilla_gene_counts.tsv",
                      package="pasilla", mustWork=TRUE)

output:

r$> dds <- DESeqDataSetFromMatrix(countData = cts,)
Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)) :
  error in evaluating the argument 'x' in selecting a method for function 'nrow': argument "colData" is missing, with no default

r$>                               colData = coldata,
Error: unexpected ',' in "                              colData = coldata,"

r$>                               design = ~ condition)
Error: unexpected ')' in "                              design = ~ condition)"

working:

after reformatting the statement as a single line, it succeeds (using same keystrokes as above):

pasCts <- system.file("extdata","pasilla_gene_counts.tsv",package="pasilla", mustWork=TRUE)
file.exists(pasCts)

output:

r$> file.exists(pasCts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
[1] TRUE

[mkhq]

@yanhao-wang Try to enable “R: Bracketed Paste”-mode in settings.

[randy3k]

Long story short, it is not due to the newline char. It is due to the fact that Microsoft terminal didn’t support bracketed paste mode. PS: Not sure the current status.