[ESS] elisp code: show function arguments

[Charles C. Berry]

Thanks, great!

Works fine on emacs 21.3 on Windows XP, running R version 2.4.1, ESS 
version 5.3.3.

Also fine on emacs 21.3, Gentoo Linux 2006.1 x86_64,  running R version 
2.4.1, ESS version 5.3.3.

Only difficulties were in binding a key - and these were my own problems 
since the key I wanted ( C-\t ) is not properly transmitted from my 
keyboard here at home to my remote Linux box.

FWIW, it may help users to check that the system passes the keystroke to 
emacs (e.g. C-h k F2) before binding it and/or check that
'M-x my-r-show-args RET' works.

Some desktop environments don't pass [f2].

Chuck

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Sven Hartenstein wrote:

> Dear friends of Emacs and R,
>
> I wrote an emacs lisp function that shows a R-function's arguments and
> their default values on a single keystroke or as you type the opening
> paranthesis ("(") after a function name. People like me who can't
> remember all the parameter's names can thus very easily see them.
>
> See screenshots and get it here:
> http://www.svenhartenstein.de/emacs-ess.php
>
> The function uses ESS functions. I consider it quite handy and would
> be interested to know whether anything similar existed already and how
> it could be improved in case someone else considers it useful. (This
> is one of my first lisp functions, I'm sure there's much to optimize.)
> In fact, any feedback is highly appreciated.
>
> Happy R-coding,
>
> Sven
>
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