[ESS] Symbol's value as variable is void, again

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Masterson <tnm717 at yahoo.com>
>>>>>     on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:14:10 -0700 (PDT) writes:

    Tom> Here's the message I'm getting when I try to 
    Tom> start up a Stata session in emacs:

You don't say what exactly you are doing (which would be
useful), but anyway: Do we have other Stata users on ESS-help
who can tell about their successes or failures?
[ It may well be that currently no ESS developers have easy
  access to a computer where both Stata and Emacs is installed. ]

    Tom> font-lock-eval-keywords: Symbol's value as variable is
    Tom> void: inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords

    Tom> And the contents of the ESS buffer:

    Tom> (STA): ess-dialect=Stata , buf=farmtransactions.do 
    Tom> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=TERM=emacs stata  
    Tom> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=STA,
    Tom> -dialect=Stata, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil,
    Tom> comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    Tom> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=STA,
    Tom> -dialect=Stata, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil,
    Tom> comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    Tom> (inf-ess 1): lang=STA, dialect=Stata,
    Tom> tmp-dialect=Stata, buf=farmtransactions.do
    Tom> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=Stata temp-dialect=Stata,
    Tom> buf-name=*Stata* 
    Tom> (inferior-ess) Method #3
    Tom> start=/home/tnm/work/Dissertation/Analysis/03_LandMarkets/
    Tom> buf=*Stata*
    Tom> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=STA, dialect=Stata,
    Tom> buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil,
    Tom> comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    Tom> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=STA, ess-dialect=Stata
    Tom> buf=*Stata* 
    Tom> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = TERM=emacs stata ,
    Tom> inf-ess-start-args=TERM=emacs stata  
    Tom> (inf-ess finish [STA(Stata), env(nil,nil)]
    Tom> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=TERM=emacs stata ,
    Tom> comint-..echoes=nil
    Tom> (i-ess 1): buf=*Stata*, lang=STA, comint..echo=nil,
    Tom> comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
    Tom> (i-ess 2): buf=*Stata*, lang=STA, comint..echo=t,
    Tom> comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender,
    Tom> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=STA, dialect=Stata,
    Tom> buf=nil, comint..echoes=t,
    Tom> comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender
    Tom> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*Stata*, comint..echo=t,
    Tom> comint..sender=inferior-ess-input-sender,

    Tom> I tried altering essd-sta.el as was suggested on 
    Tom> the list, but alas, no joy.

{also here, it would be helpful if you gave a bit more context}

    Tom> Emacs Show Version:
    Tom> GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, 
    Tom> Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2005-03-17 on trouble, 
    Tom> modified by Debian

    Tom> not sure how to get the ess version 8{],

C-h v ess-version

    Tom> I guess whatever version is in the latest debian
    Tom> package...

which used to be a bit outdated, I see it's 5.2.6 for "debian
stable".  Current ESS is 5.2.10.

But after quickly browsing "New features" and even lisp/Changelog
it may well be that current ESS wouldn't help you.

    Tom> Thanks for any help!
    Tom> tom

Regards,
Martin