[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 12.09 [rev. 5167 (2012-09-24)]; R-object-tooltip not working (again)

[Stefano Conti]

Dear ESS developers team,

Since upgrading to the latest Emacs (latest version 24.2.1) ESS package 
(version 12.09) I have been unable to get R (latest version 2.15.1) 
object tooltips (u. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ESSToolTips) working 
in ESS.

Specifically, upon invoking the ess-R-object-tooltip command from within 
Emacs on any R script, I obtain the "No ESS process is associated with 
this buffer now" message from the mini-buffer.  Note that downgrading 
ESS to its previous version (12.04-4) restored the functionality of R 
object tooltips.

Hope the information above and below is helpful enough; I am also 
copying Martin Maechler, whom I have previously received help on a 
related issue from, in this correspondence.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide, and sincere 
apologies for any cross-posting.  Kind regards,

--
Dr Stefano Conti


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[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

(R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for

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(ess-cmd-delay . ess-R-cmd-delay) (ess-function-pattern . 
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Finished setting up ESS-mode.
(ess-version-string): buffer=/home/sc536/.ess/etc/SVN-REVISION
   (ess-version-string): c1=5167


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (i486-slackware-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
  of 2012-08-31 on hive
Package: ess-mode 12.09 [rev. 5167 (2012-09-24)]

current state:
==============
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