[ESS-bugs] Small mess in *R* buffer after M-x R

[Rodney Sparapani]

Steve Gutreuter wrote:
> I am running Gnu Emacs 21.3.1 and ESS 5.3.3 under Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 4.  Whenever I start an inferior R process (M-x R), I end up with
> a small mess in the *R* buffer, as follows:
>
>   
>> if (!exists("baseenv", mode="function")) baseenv <- function() NULL
>>     
> options(STERM=iESS', editor='emacsclient')
>   
>
> The problem seems to be otherwise harmless; after I hit return the
> inferior R process subsequently behaves normally.
>
> Thank you for any help you might be able to provide.  ESS is an
> excellent package and I find that I am quickly becoming addicted to it.
> Your generosity in sharing ESS with the world is fantastic.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steve Gutreuter
>
>   
Hi Steve:

Boy are you in luck (other than the bitter cold that we are having; here 
in Milwaukee we haven't reached 0 degrees F yet today).  I think this 
was recently fixed in SVN; check out the discussion in the following thread:

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/ess-help/2007-January/003840.html

Rodney