[ESS] forming completions ... doesn't complete

[A.J. Rossini]

Just let us know when it happens again.  I can't think of any reason
why 2.2.0 vs. 2.1.0 would stop it from happening (i.e. changes
affecting things).

On 10/18/05, Dan Davison <davison at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> I would like to provisionally withdraw this bug report. My impression is
> that the problem does not occur with R 2.2.0.
>
> I hope I haven't wasted anyone's time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Dan Davison wrote:
>
> >> I've not seen this.  I wish you could get a backtrace!
> >
> > A screen's worth of backtrace is below (tell me if I need to capture more
> > than this).
> >
> >> I'm assuming under R and Linux.  What version of Emacs or XEmacs?
> > Sorry, XEmacs 21.4.17-1 (R and linux version information in original email
> > below).
> >
> > Thanks for any help, and let me know if I can do anything else to
> > characterise the problem.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > # bind (newalist posn index searchlist)
> >  (let* ((searchlist ...) (index 1) posn newalist) (while searchlist (setq
> > posn ...) (setq newalist ...) (setq index ...) (setq searchlist ...))
> > (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format "ess-get-modtime-list: new alist of
> > length %d\n" ...)) (setq ess-sl-modtime-alist newalist))
> >  ess-get-modtime-list()
> >  (progn (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer "--> (ess-get-modtime-list)\n")
> > (ess-get-modtime-list))
> >  (if (or (not ess-sl-modtime-alist) ess-sp-change) (progn
> > (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer "--> (ess-get-modtime-list)\n")
> > (ess-get-modtime-list)) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer " using existing
> > ess-*-alist\n"))
> >  # (unwind-protect ...)
> >  (save-excursion (set-buffer (process-buffer ...)) (ess-make-buffer-current)
> > (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format "(get-object-list %s) .." name)) (if (or
> > ... ess-sp-change) (progn ... ...) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer " using
> > existing ess-*-alist\n")) (let* (... ... ... result) (setq result ...) (while
> > ... ... ...) (setq ess-object-list ...)))
> >  (or ess-object-list (save-excursion (set-buffer ...)
> > (ess-make-buffer-current) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer ...) (if ... ... ...)
> > (let* ... ... ... ...)))
> >  # bind (name)
> >  ess-get-object-list("R")
> >  (if classname (ess-slot-names classname) (ess-get-object-list
> > ess-current-process-name))
> >  (if listname (ess-object-names listname) (if classname (ess-slot-names
> > classname) (ess-get-object-list ess-current-process-name)))
> >  # bind (classname listname pattern full-prefix beg buffer-syntax end
> > comint-completion-addsuffix)
> >  (let* ((comint-completion-addsuffix nil) (end ...) (buffer-syntax ...) (beg
> > ...) (full-prefix ...) (pattern full-prefix) (listname ...) (classname ...)
> > (components ...)) (or (comint-dynamic-simple-complete pattern components)
> > (quote none)))
> >  (if (memq (char-syntax ...) (quote ...)) (let* (... ... ... ... ... ... ...
> > ... ...) (or ... ...)))
> >  # bind (listcomp)
> >  ess-complete-object-name()
> >  run-hook-with-args-until-success(ess-complete-object-name)
> >  #<compiled-function nil "...(4)" [run-hook-with-args-until-success
> > comint-dynamic-complete-functions] 2
> > ("/usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/comint.elc" . 52958)
> > nil>()
> >  call-interactively(comint-dynamic-complete)
> >  # (condition-case ... . error)
> >  # (catch top-level ...)
> >
> >
> > On 10/9/05, Dan Davison <davison at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> >>> Dear ESS-help,
> >>>
> >>> For some time, we have noticed a problem with tab-completion in an R
> >>> process buffer (presumably many people are also aware of this):
> >>>
> >>> Sometimes, when performing the first tab-completion of a session, it
> >>> freezes with a message in the minibuffer saying "forming completions for
> >>> package:methods". Frequently, this does not occur however. The only
> >>> solution we have found is to kill the emacs process.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a solution/workaround?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a lot,
> >>>
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>> ESS 5.2.10 (and previously with 5.2.7)
> >>> Debian sarge (and Fedora Core 4.0) linux
> >>> > version
> >>>           _
> >>> platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
> >>> arch     i386
> >>> os       linux-gnu
> >>> system   i386, linux-gnu
> >>> status
> >>> major    2
> >>> minor    1.0
> >>> year     2005
> >>> month    04
> >>> day      18
> >>> language R
> >>>
> >>> ______________________________________________
> >>> ESS-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
> >>>
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> best,
> >> -tony
> >
> >> blindglobe at gmail.com Muttenz, Switzerland. "Commit early,commit often,
> >> and commit in a repository from which we can easily roll-back your
> >> mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
> >
> >
> >
>


--
best,
-tony

blindglobe at gmail.com
Muttenz, Switzerland.
"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).