[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.15; ESS"devel": No function arguments with [TAB] or Eldoc display

Mon Feb 27 19:21:01 CET 2012

>>>> Seminar fuer Statistik <sfs at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>> on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:04:47 +0100 wrote:

  > Hi Vitalie,
  > your documentation looks really good and promising,
  > and your changes in some sense, too.
  > However, now I see no function argument hints anymore
  > in ess-mode, even though I can see ess-use-eldoc is 't'.
  > However, I can see function arguments nicely in *R* (i.e. inferior mode)
  >  {... but I could argue that this even "bad" for those of us who teach their
  >   students to work with *.R scripts almost all the time ...}

Have you associated your buffer with the R session? If not, eldoc
doesn't show anything. If yes, then it should be your setup. I cannot
reproduce in any way. 

Best, 
Vitalie.

  > BTW: The following  (M-x ess-submit-bug-report) should probably also 
  > list all the new  ess-use-* entries.

Yes, good idea.

Vitalie.

  > [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
  > [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
  > (S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
  >  Splus8.04
  >  Splus6.2
  >  Splus6
  >  Splus
  >  Splus6.0
  >  Splus5~
  >  Splus5
  >  Splus_now_using_HG
  >  Splus8
  >  Splus7
  >  Splus6.1
  >  Splus6.0r1
  > (R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
  >  R-1.9.1
  >  R-1.9.0
  >  R-1.8.0
  >  R-1.7.1
  >  R-1.7.0
  >  R-1.7
  >  R-1.6.2
  >  R-1.6.1
  >  R-1.6.0
  >  R-1.5.1
  >  R-1.5.0
  >  R-1.4.1
  >  R-1.4.0
  >  R-1.3.1
  >  R-1.3.0
  >  R-1.2.3
  >  R-1.2.2
  >  R-1.2.1
  >  R-1.2.0
  >  R-1.1.1
  >  R-1.1.0
  >  R-1.0.1
  >  R-1.0.0
  >  R-1.9
  >  R-1.8.1
  >  R-1.8
  >  R-2.14.1
  >  R-2.12.2
  >  R-2.12.1
  >  R-2.12.0
  >  R-2.11.1
  >  R-2.11.0
  >  R-2.10.1
  >  R-2.10.0
  >  R-2.13.0
  >  R-2.9.2
  >  R-2.9.1
  >  R-2.9.0
  >  R-2.7.2
  >  R-2.8.0
  >  R-2.6.1
  >  R-2.6.0
  >  R-2.5.1
  >  R-2.5.0
  >  R-2.4.1
  >  R-2.4.0
  >  R-2.13.2
  >  R-2.13.1
  >  R-2.8.1
  >  R-2.14.0
  >  R-2.7.0
  >  R-2.6.2
  >  R-2.3.1
  >  R-2.3.0
  >  R-2.2.0
  >  R-2.1.1
  >  R-2.1.0
  >  R-2.0.1
  >  R-2.0.0
  >  R-2.2.1
  >  R-2.7.1
  >  R-2.3.1-Xeon
  >  R-2.2.1-Xeon
  >  R-2.2.0-Xeon
  >  R-devel-MM
  >  R-devel
  >  R-devel~
  >  R-patched-MM
  >  R-patched-usr_local
  >  R-patched
  >  R-patched_old

  > (R): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*Messages*, start-arg=nil
  >  current-prefix-arg=nil
  > (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline   
  > 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=*Messages*
  > (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R* 
  > (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/u/sfs/ 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 = --no-readline  , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline   
  > (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
  > (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  , 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=--no-readline  , comint-echoes=t
  > (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline   
  > Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog R
  >  Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline  .
  > (ess-multi 2): waiting for process to start (before hook)(ess-multi 2): waiting for process after hook(R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last ="'", editor='emacsclient')
  > (R): version (2.14.1)
  > resetting completion to 'ess-R-complete-object-name(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=sfs-env.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) (ess-smart-operators . ess-R-smart-operators) (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 . inferior-ess-r-help-command) (inferior-ess-help-filetype) (inferior-ess-exit-command . q()) (inferior-ess-exit-prompt . Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: ) (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 . t) (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . > ) (inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . + ) (inferior-ess-prompt . inferior-ess-S-prompt)) 
  > (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 ((46 . w) (95 . w))))) 
  > (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send

  > Finished setting up ESS-mode.

  > Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.7)
  >  of 2012-01-13 on x86-14.phx2.fedoraproject.org
  > Package: ess-mode 5.15

  > 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 "/tmp/"
  >  )

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