Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Disable readline echo in R for mac GUI

On my Mojave iMac commandArgs() returns on RStudio [1] "RStudio" "--interactive" on Mac GUI [1] "R" "--no-save" "--no-restore-data" "--gui=aqua" and on R command line [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/R" so maybe test for that? e

[R-SIG-Mac] Disable readline echo in R for mac GUI

When prompting the user for a password, we need to temporarily disable echo. In a tty we can call posix stty -echo (example below). The RStudio GUI has a native password entry function that can be triggered via getOption('askpass'). Is there simple method to prompt for a password in the R for Mac G