[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.2.12; R help error

[A.J. Rossini]

I agree that it's a bug to be looked at.  When?  sigh...
(of course, the ugliest solution is to simply remove that hook if found :-).

best,
-tony


On 3/21/06, Sam Steingold <sds at podval.org> wrote:
> > * A.J. Rossini <oyvaqtybor at tznvy.pbz> [2006-03-21 17:44:50 +0100]:
> >
> > On 3/21/06, Sam Steingold <sds at podval.org> wrote:
> >
> >> did you do
> >>
> >> (add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'comint-strip-ctrl-m)
> >
> > what is the rationale for that, Sam?  I don't use it on any platform
> > (Linux/Win/Mac).
>
> I used it on woe32 because otherwise I saw "^M" at the end of lines of
> program output in the comint buffers.
>
> > If you remove that, does it work?
>
> yes.
>
> > I'd guess that there is some nasty interaction with our interception
> > command (which grabs "?" and "help(" strings from the command line as
> > a signal to redirect output).
>
> I think this is a bug in ess-mode, I do not see this problem with shell,
> lisp and others.
>
> I am not sure if
> (add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'comint-strip-ctrl-m)
> is still necessary on woe32 (luckily, I no longer have access to a woe32
> machine), so, for now, I will just comment that add-hook from my .emacs.
>
> I suggest that the ess maintainers take a look at the problem though.
> even if comint-strip-ctrl-m is completely obsolete, other hooks may
> assume that the current buffer does not change inside comint-send-input
> and you will be bitten by this in the future.
>
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best,
-tony

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