[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.1.24; inferior R process fails to launch

[Jon McAuliffe]

this is the state just after the error i have recently
reported to the ess-help mailing list.


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0)
 of 2003-10-25 on darkstar.local
Package: ess-mode 5.1.24

current state:
==============
(setq
 ess-language "S"
 ess-dialect "R"
 ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
 ess-ask-about-transfile nil
 ess-directory nil
 ess-keep-dump-files "always"
 ess-source-directory "/tmp/"
 )
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=unlikely-name.sas, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(ess-mode-1): ess-language=SAS, ess-dialect=SAS buf=unlikely-name.sas 
(ess-mode-1.5): alist=((ess-local-customize-alist quote SAS-customize-alist) (ess-language . SAS) (ess-dialect . SAS) (ess-mode-editing-alist . SAS-editing-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . SAS-syntax-table) (inferior-ess-program . inferior-SAS-program-name) (ess-help-sec-regex . ^[A-Z. ---]+:$) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist .  ) (ess-object-name-db-file . ess-sas-namedb.el) (inferior-ess-objects-command . objects(%d)) (inferior-ess-help-command . help("%s",pager="cat",window=F)
) (inferior-ess-exit-command . endsas;
) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . ^) (inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . ^) (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t) (inferior-ess-start-file) (inferior-ess-start-args . inferior-SAS-args-temp) (ess-local-process-name)) 
(ess-mode-1.6): editing-alist=((sentence-end . ;[	
 */]*) (paragraph-start . ^[ 	]*$) (paragraph-separate . ^[ 	]*$) (paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix . t) (adaptive-fill-mode) (indent-line-function quote sas-indent-line) (require-final-newline . t) (comment-start . \*\|/\*) (comment-start-skip . \*+) (comment-end . ;\|\*/) (comment-column . 40) (parse-sexp-ignore-comments . t) (ess-set-style . ess-default-style) (ess-local-process-name) (tab-stop-list . ess-sas-tab-stop-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . SAS-syntax-table) (font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search . t) (font-lock-defaults quote (SAS-mode-font-lock-keywords))) 
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=unlikely-name.sas, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send

Finished setting up ESS-mode.
[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=((ess-local-customize-alist quote SAS-customize-alist) (ess-language . SAS) (ess-dialect . SAS) (ess-mode-editing-alist . SAS-editing-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . SAS-syntax-table) (inferior-ess-program . inferior-SAS-program-name) (ess-help-sec-regex . ^[A-Z. ---]+:$) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist .  ) (ess-object-name-db-file . ess-sas-namedb.el) (inferior-ess-objects-command . objects(%d)) (inferior-ess-help-command . help("%s",pager="cat",window=F)
) (inferior-ess-exit-command . endsas;
) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . ^) (inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . ^) (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t) (inferior-ess-start-file) (inferior-ess-start-args . inferior-SAS-args-temp) (ess-local-process-name)) 
[ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=((ess-local-customize-alist quote SAS-customize-alist) (ess-language . SAS) (ess-dialect . SAS) (ess-mode-editing-alist . SAS-editing-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . SAS-syntax-table) (inferior-ess-program . inferior-SAS-program-name) (ess-help-sec-regex . ^[A-Z. ---]+:$) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist .  ) (ess-object-name-db-file . ess-sas-namedb.el) (inferior-ess-objects-command . objects(%d)) (inferior-ess-help-command . help("%s",pager="cat",window=F)
) (inferior-ess-exit-command . endsas;
) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . ^) (inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . ^) (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t) (inferior-ess-start-file) (inferior-ess-start-args . inferior-SAS-args-temp) (ess-local-process-name)) 

(R): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*scratch*, start-arg=nil
 current-prefix-arg=nil
(inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline  
ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*
(inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R* 
(inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/Users/jon/ buf=*R*
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R* 
(inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  
(inf-ess finish [S(R), /usr/local/libexec/R/R(nil,nil)]
(ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
(i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
(i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
(i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
(ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=t
(ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline  
Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog /usr/local/libexec/R/R
 Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .