ESS 5.2.1: ess-toolbar and Mac OS X

[Stephen Eglen]

Rodney Sparapani writes:
 > > I am running under Mac OS 10.3.4, working from the command line in an
 > > x11 terminal window (emacs 21.3.50.1).  I am using the R1.9.0 image
 > > from CRAN.  In order to get ESS to work I had to disable (load
 > > 'ess-toolbar); maybe that is not unexpected?  The first part of the
 > > output from the debugger was:
 > >
 > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file"
 > > "image")
 > >    find-image(((:type xpm :file "startr.xpm") (:type pbm :file
 > > "startr.pbm" :fore
 > > ground "black" :background "grey75") (:type xbm :file "startr.xbm"
 > > :foreground "
 > > black" :background "grey75")))
...

 > Not sure about the R problem.  I haven't seen that.  But, the image
 > problem is known for Mac emacs.  Image support was added
 > into CVS only very recently for Mac, within the last month.  So, unless 
 > you
 > have been routinely doing a "cvs update"; you probably don't have it.  

 > Either update emacs or stick with ESS 5.2.0.  I think there will be
 > a new emacs release RSN that should address image support on Mac
 > for those who don't want to roll their own.

To follow up Rodney's point, yes, unless you've got a recent CVS (<
1-2 month old maybe) version of Emacs, the toolbar won't be
available.  Either update CVS Emacs, go back to 5.2.0, or just
temporarily comment out the (require 'ess-toolbar) code in ess-site.el

Best wishes, Stephen