Dynamically update options(width)

I noticed that no matter the size of the R console in Visual Studio code the options("width") always returns the default 80. Is there a way to dynamically adjust options("width") based on the size of the R console in VScode as it is done in Rstudio?

PS: I am hoping that this is the right place for this issue

[renkun-ken]

On Linux and macOS, environment variable COLUMNS should be useful.

Using

options(width = as.integer(Sys.getenv("COLUMNS")))

could set R terminal width to full terminal width.

On Windows, I’m not if there’s a way to do this.

If you need automatic adjustment, you could add the following code to your ~/.Rprofile:

addTaskCallback(function(...) {
  options(width = as.integer(Sys.getenv("COLUMNS")))
  TRUE
})

It will update the width after each top-level user input.

[renkun-ken]

@intiben Glad to know it works for you. Closing now. Please feel free to reopen if you encounter further problems.