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

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "StEgl" == Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen at damtp.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>>     on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:15:33 +0000 writes:

    >> 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.")
    >> 
    StEgl> that makes sense to me.

well, to me too, nowadays; though strictly, there may still be
non-S-plus version of S ("S" from Bell Labs) around...
Ten -- 15 years ago, we've wanted to differentiate them very much.

    >> 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.

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

That's probably the cleaner in any case.

Martin