[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 13.09 [svn: 5778 (2013-09-27)]; R-object-tooltip not working (again)

[Vitalie Spinu]

That is right, Rodney. ess-R-object-tooltip is a predecessor of the
built in ess-describe-object-at-point, which is bound to C-c C-d
C-e. This is a cycling command,  press C-e to cycle through
ess-R-describe-object-at-point-commands.

  Vitalie

 >>> Rodney Sparapani on Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:21:30 -0500 wrote:

 > On 10/05/2013 10:54 AM, Stefano Conti wrote:
 >> Dear ESS developers team,
 >> 
 >> Since upgrading to the latest Emacs (latest version 24.3.1) ESS package
 >> (version 13.09) I have been unable to get R (version 2.15.0) 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 a "let: Symbol's function definition is
 >> void: get-ess-process" message in the mini-buffer.  Note that
 >> downgrading ESS to its previous version (13.05) restores 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

 > Dear Stefano:

 > Thanks for the bug report.  However, there is no
 > ess-R-object-tooltip command in ESS and the original URL
 > is no longer active, i.e.
 > http://www.sigmafield.org/2009/10/01/r-object-tooltips-in-ess/Unless I am mistaken, I believe this is not an ESS issue at all.
 > Perhaps, if you share more details about the issue we could be
 > of more assistance.  But, we only support ESS as released.