[ESS-bugs] Request that buffer name be "*S*" rather than "*S+6*"

Stephen Eglen S.J.Eglen at damtp.cam.ac.uk
Thu Dec 27 10:15:33 CET 2007


 > I request this change in essd-sp6w.el ; change:
 > 
 > (defvar S+6-dialect-name "S+6"
 >   "Name of 'dialect' for S-PLUS 6.x.
 > Easily changeable in a user's `.emacs'.")
 > 
 > to:
 > 
 > (defvar S+6-dialect-name "S"
 >   "Name of 'dialect' for S-PLUS 6.x and later.")
 > 
that makes sense to me.


 > P.S.  I've now redefined this in my .emacs; but it took an embarrassing
 > amount of time to find what variable to change.  I think this is a
 > barrier for most users.

Perhaps we should make it a defcustom, that might increase its
visibility?

Stephen



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