[ESS-bugs] ... 'edit(vignette("zoo"))' ...

[Richard M. Heiberger]

file.edit() can easily be modified to choose its behavior to 
depend on the value of options()$STERM and on some other argument 
to allow the user complete control.  Under iESS (R running inside emacs) 
and ddeESS (S-Plus GUI communicating with emacs) I would think asynchronous 
would be the right default. 

We invented the STERM option for just this type of situation.  Much to my surprise, 
RGUI does not have a value for options()$STERM.  The ESS documentation 
recommends that RGUI give the value options(STERM="Rgui").  We also recommend 
STERM="length" or STERM="scrollable" for Rterm running in a window not 
under emacs control. 

Rich