running ESS with S-PLUS 6.1

[Liaw, Andy]

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Andy

> From: Satoshi Takahama
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am having trouble starting ESS supplied in the package with XEmacs
> 21.4.13 (the ess-site.el revision is 1.1) and S-PLUS 6.1 on Windows
> XP. I have modified the ~/.xemacs/init.el file to read
> 
> (require 'ess-site)
> (setq-default inferior-S+6-program-name 
> "c:/Progra~1/Insigh~1/splus61/cmd/Splus.exe")
> (setq-default inferior-Sqpe+6-program-name 
> "c:/Progra~1/Insigh~1/splus61/cmd/Sqpe.exe")
> 
> which are the correct pathnames to the Splus.exe and Sqpe.exe
> files. The error messages are as follows:
> 
> If I type M-x S+6 [Return]:
> 
> +++ Error message +++
> Symbol's function definition is void: w32-short-file-name
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> If I type M-x Sqpe or M-x Sqpe+6 [Return], it prompts me for 
> a starting 
> directory and then:
> 
> +++ Error message +++
> options(interactive=T)
> options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient.exe', pager='gnuclientw.exe', 
> help.pager='gnuclientw.exe')
>  SHOME=@¿
>  is not a valid SHOME
> Terminating S Session: internal error: couldn't attach 
> required database 
> "@¿/library/main"
> Warning Messages:
>   The system cannot find the file specified.
> 
> 
> Process S+6 exited abnormally with code 1 at Tue Aug 03 00:11:11 2004
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> I've read through the ess-site.el and essdsp6w.el files and can't
> figure out what I've missed. I was able to get R running in ESS but no
> luck with S-PLUS 6.1. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Satoshi
> 
> _____
> Satoshi Takahama
> PhD Candidate
> Dept. of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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