[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.2.4; ess-help "s e" fails for Xemacs

[A.J. Rossini]

Weird.  works for me, with 
   
(emacs-version)
"XEmacs 21.4 (patch 12) \"Portable Code\" [Lucid] (i386-redhat-linux,
Mule) of Thu Feb 20 2003 on porky.devel.redhat.com"

Key sequence used:

C-c C-v lm
C-x o
s e

?

best,
-tony


On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:48:03 +0100, Martin Maechler
<maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> I just found a (probably very old) bug :
> 
> The "s <key>" shortcuts in  `ess-help-mode' fail completely in
> Xemacs, {both in *help[R](..)* or  *help[S+6](..)* buffers.
> 
> Since I have never really used Xemacs, I hadn't seen this
> earlier.
> I use  "s e" (skip to the "Examples:" section) in ess -
> *help[.](.)" buffers ``all the time''.
> 
> --> of course now we need an Xemacs person to start to look into
> this; i.e., not me, if possible.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Emacs  : XEmacs 21.4 (patch 9) "Informed Management" [Lucid] (i686-pc-linux, Mule) of Wed Oct 23 2002 on plessner
> Package: ess-mode 5.2.4
> 
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
> ess-language "S"
> ess-dialect "S+6"
> ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
> ess-ask-about-transfile nil
> ess-directory nil
> ess-keep-dump-files "always"
> ess-source-directory "/tmp/"
> )
> [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> (R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for R-2.0.0 R-2.0.1 R-1.0 R-1.0.0 R-1.0.1 R-1.1 R-1.1.0 R-1.1.1 R-1.2 R-1.2.0 R-1.2.1 R-1.2.2 R-1.2.3 R-1.3 R-1.3.0 R-1.3.1 R-1.4 R-1.4.0 R-1.4.1 R-1.5 R-1.5.0 R-1.5.1 R-1.6 R-1.6.0 R-1.6.1 R-1.6.2 R-1.7 R-1.7.0 R-1.7.1 R-1.8 R-1.8.0 R-1.8.1 R-1.9 R-1.9.0 R-1.9.1[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> (R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for R-2.0.0 R-2.0.1 R-1.0 R-1.0.0 R-1.0.1 R-1.1 R-1.1.0 R-1.1.1 R-1.2 R-1.2.0 R-1.2.1 R-1.2.2 R-1.2.3 R-1.3 R-1.3.0 R-1.3.1 R-1.4 R-1.4.0 R-1.4.1 R-1.5 R-1.5.0 R-1.5.1 R-1.6 R-1.6.0 R-1.6.1 R-1.6.2 R-1.7 R-1.7.0 R-1.7.1 R-1.8 R-1.8.0 R-1.8.1 R-1.9 R-1.9.0 R-1.9.1
> (S+6): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*scratch*
> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=nil
> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=S+6, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=S+6, tmp-dialect=S+6, buf=*scratch*
> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=S+6 temp-dialect=S+6, buf-name=*S+6*
> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/u/maechler/S/ buf=*S+6*
> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=S+6, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=S+6 buf=*S+6*
> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = nil, inf-ess-start-args=
> (inf-ess finish [S(S+6), Splus6(nil,nil)]
> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=, comint-..echoes=nil
> (i-ess 1): buf=*S+6*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
> (i-ess 2): buf=*S+6*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender,
> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=S+6, buf=nil, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender
> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*S+6*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender,
> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=, comint-echoes=t
> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=
> Making Process...Buf *S+6*, Proc S+6, Prog Splus6
> Start File=nil, Args= .
> (get-object-list S+6) ..--> (ess-get-modtime-list)
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /u/maechler/MySwork not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/splus not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/stat not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/data not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/trellis not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/nlme3/.Data not used
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /usr/local.hg/app/splus/6.2/library/main not used
> ess-get-modtime-list: new alist of length 8
> (ess-object-names ..): directory /u/maechler/MySwork not used
> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=S+6, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> 
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-- 
best,
-tony

"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).

A.J. Rossini
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