[ESS-bugs] eldoc error: (error ESS process not ready. Finish your command before trying again.)

[Vitalie Spinu]

>>>> Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at mcw.edu>
>>>> on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:46:26 -0600 wrote:

  > Here is something annoying.  I realize that ess-eldoc's days are
  > numbered.  But, I just want to make sure this issue is reported
  > so that it can be corrected if still necessary...

  > If you are waiting for an R command to finish, i.e. the prompt >
  > is not visible, then I often get this error message displayed in the
  > mini-buffer.  And it not only occurs in the *R* buffer, it appears
  > in every ESS-mode buffer that you visit.  It seems like this should
  > be a no-op since there is nothing really you can do about it anyways. Also, for
  > me, it creates annoying flickering; every time I move the
  > mouse causes this mini-buffer to pop-up and re-draw.  Any thoughts?

Arguments are cached now and process is not requested unless really
needed. Also there is an explicit check for process "busyness" in the
eldoc code, so everything should be fine in the SVN version from
two-three days ago.

BTW, there is an explicit and easy check for process being busy -
(ess-process-get 'busy).

Vitalie.