[ESS-bugs] new iESS bug "Symbol's value as variable is void: resume"

[Martin Maechler]

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com> wrote:
>   >> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>   >> on Fri, 7 Sep 2012 18:07:34 +0200 wrote:
>
>   > Well,  don't start this "sneaky action"  immediately after
>   > starting up R.
>   > I kill R and R restart it often. I want this to be immediate and
>   > as fast as possible.  That's been one of the real advantages of
>   > ESS over other interfaces.
>
> Yes I do that, 5 seconds delay + 5 seconds idle. If user interacts with
> the process, everything is aborted and started in 5 seconds + 5 seconds
> idle time. So it's very unobtrusive. See ess-async-command-delayed for
> more.
>
>
>   > So, one workaround: After starting R, wait a few seconds, if the
>   > the user does not start interacting with *R*, and only then
>   > wait for an idle time before starting that action.
>   > {{and it's okay if you make this configurable and let the
>   >   default be your current behavior, which is just a problem for
>   >   me, ...}}
>
> Yes, I can add that.

Thank you for the extra tweaking.
I'm sure it will not only benefit me...

Martin