5.1.20, dired

[Jeff Mincy]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, collins at arl.army.mil wrote:

> If one is in a valid chapter directory, then Splus uses that as the
> working directory.  Otherwise it tries to use ~/MySwork, and if that
> is invalid it creates and uses ~/Schapter$$.
> 
> Anyway, ESS 5.1.19 works as it should but 5.1.20 doesn't work in
> dired when I try to use the default directory.
> 
>  In my naivete I assume that ESS is somehow responsible for the difference.
> --- joe


It is actually a little more complicated.  Splus6 also looks at the
following environment variables:

  getenv("HOME")
  getenv("S_MYSWORK")
  getenv("S_WORK")
  getenv("S_TEMP_SWORK")

The S-plus functions standardInitialize and standardWorkingData look
at these environment variables in deciding what chapter directory to
use.

-jeff


> "A.J. Rossini" <rossini at blindglobe.net>@stat.math.ethz.ch on 04/04/2002
> 11:02:17 AM
> 
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> Sent by:    owner-ESS-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> To:    Joseph Collins <collins at ARL.ARMY.MIL>
> cc:    ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject:    Re: 5.1.20, dired
> 
> 
> 
> I think it really is a matter of knowing how Splus 6 works.  I don't.
> But from what little misinformation I have, I suspect that if there
> is a chapter present, it uses that, else it uses the home directory.
> You probably have to read the manuals to figure it out.
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
> 
>>>>>> "joseph" == Joseph Collins <collins at arl.army.mil> writes:
> 
>     joseph> re: ESS 5.1.20, GNU Emacs 20.5.2, S-PLUS 6.0.1 Rel 1, IRIX64
>     6.5.
> 
>     joseph> Greetings all ---
> 
>     joseph> If I do M-x S in a dired window on ~/S/work then I get the
>     correct prompt
>     joseph>   ESS [S(S+6): Splus6] starting data directory? ~/S/work/
>     joseph> I press enter and then S-PLUS starts with
>     joseph>   Creating data directory for chapter
>     /vld/collins/Schapter1174419
>     joseph> which it does:
>     >> search()[1]
>     joseph>   [1] "/vld/collins/Schapter1174419"
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