[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.3.8; when editing R documents, 'delete' key behaves as 'backspace'

[Marek Jarocinski]

Hello,

When editing R documents 'delete' behaves as 'backspace', i.e. deletes
backward. However, when I switch to e.g. a bufor with a latex document
it deletes forward there, as it should.
I have seen this problem reported many years ago, and advices to do
(setq delete-key-deletes-forward t), but this does not help in my
case.
I use 'delete' a lot, help please!
Marek


I have Xemacs [version 21.4.19; January 2006]
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(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(ess-mode-1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=bmpedens01.r
(ess-mode-1.5): alist=((ess-local-customize-alist quote
R-customize-alist) (ess-dialect . R) (ess-suffix . R)
(ess-dump-filename-template ess-replace-regexp-in-string S$ ess-suffix
ess-dump-filename-template-proto) (ess-mode-syntax-table .
R-syntax-table) (ess-mode-editing-alist . R-editing-alist)
(ess-change-sp-regexp . ess-R-change-sp-regexp) (ess-help-sec-regex .
ess-help-R-sec-regex) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist .
ess-help-R-sec-keys-alist) (ess-loop-timeout . ess-S-loop-timeout)
(ess-cmd-delay . ess-R-cmd-delay) (ess-function-pattern .
ess-R-function-pattern) (ess-object-name-db-file . ess-r-namedb.el)
(ess-imenu-mode-function quote ess-imenu-R) (inferior-ess-program .
inferior-R-program-name) (inferior-ess-objects-command .
inferior-R-objects-command) (inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords .
inferior-ess-R-font-lock-keywords) (inferior-ess-search-list-command .
search()
) (inferior-ess-help-command . help("%s", htmlhelp=FALSE)
) (inferior-ess-help-filetype) (inferior-ess-exit-command . q())
(inferior-ess-exit-prompt . Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: )
(inferior-ess-primary-prompt . \([A-Z][][A-Za-z0-9.]*\)?> )
(inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . + ?) (inferior-ess-start-file)
(inferior-ess-start-args . ) (ess-STERM . iESS) (ess-editor .
R-editor) (ess-pager . R-pager) (ess-language . S)
(inferior-ess-exit-command . q()
) (inferior-ess-language-start eval inferior-S-language-start)
(comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t))
(ess-mode-1.6): editing-alist=((paragraph-start concat \s-*$\|
page-delimiter) (paragraph-separate concat \s-*$\| page-delimiter)
(paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix . t) (require-final-newline . t)
(comment-start . #) (comment-add . 1) (comment-start-skip . #+ *)
(comment-column . 40) (indent-line-function quote S-indent-line)
(parse-sexp-ignore-comments . t) (ess-style . ess-default-style)
(ess-local-process-name) (ess-mode-syntax-table . S-syntax-table)
(add-log-current-defun-header-regexp . ^\(.+\)\s-+<-[
]*function) (font-lock-defaults quote (ess-R-mode-font-lock-keywords
nil nil ((?\. . w) (?_ . w)))))
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send

Finished setting up ESS-mode.
ess-request-a-process: {beginning}
 ... request-a-process:
  major mode is ess-mode; ess-language: S, ess-dialect: R
 ..start-process-specific: lang:dialect= S:R, current-buf=bmpedens01.r

(R): ess-dialect=R, buf=bmpedens01.r, start-arg=nil
 current-prefix-arg=nil
(inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--ess
ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=bmpedens01.r
(inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R*
(inferior-ess) Method #3 start=D:\home\marek\projects\fcastcomb\workr\ buf=*R*
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
(inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R*
(inf-ess 2.2): start args = --ess  , inf-ess-start-args=--ess
(inf-ess finish [S(R), d:/programs/R-2.6.2/bin/Rterm.exe(nil,nil)]
(ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--ess  , comint-..echoes=nil
(i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
(i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t,
comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
(i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
(ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--ess  , comint-echoes=t
(ess-multi 1):  start-args=--ess
Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog d:/programs/R-2.6.2/bin/Rterm.exe
 Start File=nil, Args= --ess  .
(R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient.exe')
resetting completion to 'ess-R-complete-object-name  ...
request-a-process: buf=bmpedens01.r


Emacs  : XEmacs 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" [Lucid]
(i586-pc-win32) of Sat Jan 28 2006 on VSHELTON-PC2
Package: ess-mode 5.3.8

current state:
==============
(setq
 ess-language "S"
 ess-dialect "R"
 ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
 ess-ask-about-transfile nil
 ess-directory nil
 ess-keep-dump-files "always"
 ess-source-directory "C:\\DOCUME~1\\jarocin\\LOCALS~1\\Temp"
 )


-- 
Marek Jarocinski
European Central Bank, DG-Research
http://www.econ.upf.edu/~jarocins