[ESS] Fwd: Getting SAS to work

[Cameron Hooper]

Sent this to Rich instead of the list by mistake.

Begin forwarded message:
>
> Thanks for your reply Rich
>
> It would not surprise me if I am confusing things. Let me try to give 
> as clear a picture as possible of what I am doing.
>
> I have not touched any function keys. I have not edited any of the 
> files that came with the ESS distribution. I had a look at ess-site.el 
> and decided to leave well alone.
>
> I opened a sas file in emacs, and typed M-x SAS. After a moment the 
> following message appeared in the minibuffer:
>
> ESS [SAS(SAS): 
> /home/usr13/chooper/emacs/ess-5.2.8/etc/ess-sas-sh-command] starting 
> data directory? ~/
>
> I hit return and the following 4 buffers appeared
>
> 1. test.sas (ESS[SAS] [none])
> 2. *SAS (iESS [SAS]: run)
> 3. *SAS.log* (Shell [] ESStr)
> 4. *SAS.lst* (Shell [] ESSlst)
>
> Buffer 1 contains my SAS code.
>
> Buffer 2 contains
> + set +x
> sas </dev/tty 1>/dev/pts/7 2>/dev/pts/23 -stdio -linesize 80 -noovp 
> -nosyntaxcheck
>
> Buffer 3 contains
> NOTE: AUTOEXEC processing completed.
>
> Buffer 4 contains
> $ tty
> /dev/pts/7
> $
>
> The cursor is in Buffer 2 which I believe is the communications 
> buffer, which I should never use directly. So I assume the fact that 
> the cursor goes to this window by default is not the correct 
> behaviour.
>
> I move to Buffer 1, select my sas code and type C-c C-r.
>
> The buffer containing my sas code (buffer 1) disappears and is 
> replaced by a new buffer titled (Shell:run) containing the information 
> I gave previously, repeated here:
>
> cd "/home/usr13/chooper/"
> nohup nice +6 sas ess-temp -rsasuser &
> [northrup][~]> [northrup][~]> [1] 18945
> [northrup][~]>
>
> C-x C-b reveals the test.sas buffers still exists, it is just hidden.
>
> I appreciate any help anyone can offer. Please be patient as I am not 
> an expert.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cameron
>
> On Jul 29, 2005, at 4:46 PM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>
>> I am puzzled by your experience.  I think you are confusing two 
>> distinct
>> ways of running SAS from within ESS.
>>
>> Where did the *shell* buffer come from?  It is not a buffer
>> that ESS uses with the M-x SAS command.  M-x SAS uses the *SAS:1* 
>> buffer.
>> Please let us know whether the *SAS:1* buffer appears, and what is in 
>> it.
>>
>> The "nohup nice" command that you report does not belong to M-x SAS.
>> It belongs to the alternate way of submitting SAS jobs with the 
>> function
>> keys.  See the section of the ESS manual
>>      ESS[SAS]-Function keys for batch processing
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>