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

[A.J. Rossini]

On Dec 27, 2007 2:46 PM, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> >>>>> "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.

I've got code somewhere for S4 beta versions along with Duncan's
parallel version from his thesis.  Fortunately, they are about as
pragmatic as our Omegahat version.

(always nice to have around for research comparisons, but not terribly
useful for anything applied).

>     >> 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.

Agreed.

In case I wasn't being clear, it makes sense to me to use S for the
S-PLUS version at this point.  In a very real way, they are one and
the same (Insightful owns S now, correct Tim?).

best,
-tony

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