[ESS] starting dir

[Martin Maechler]

       [MM: this was accidentally (typo by me) not forwarded to the list]

>>>>> "VG" == Vincent Goulet <vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca>
>>>>>     on Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:20:28 -0400 writes:

    VG> Le 07-08-01 à 11:20, Stephen Bond a écrit :
    >> Vincent,
    >> 
    >> if I change that variable to nil then it just dumps me
    >> into the default dir. what I wanted is to specify a
    >> default work dir which is not the emacs dir.

    VG> Well, if the variable is 't', you should be prompted for
    VG> a working directory (presuming you work with some flavor
    VG> of S). The default that will prposed to you is what
    VG> Emacs consider to be its current working directory, much
    VG> like when you find a file.

    VG> For example, if you have a file ~/work/toto.R opened and
    VG> you do 'M-x R RET', Emacs/ESS should prompt you for a
    VG> working directory for the R session, proposing as
    VG> default ~/work/.

    VG> Is this what you want?

Hmm, I'm pretty sure he is looking  for ess-directory

Stephen, type  
	 C-h v ess-directory [Enter]

and you should see something like
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ess-directory is a variable defined in `ess-cust.el'.
Its value is nil


Documentation:
*The directory ESS is run from.  It must end in a slash.
Provided as a default if `ess-ask-for-ess-directory' is non-nil.
A nil value means use the current buffer's default directory.
Buffer-local: in process buffers, this contains the directory ESS was
run from.

You can customize this variable.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Note that you can click the word 'customize' in the last
paragraph and then use the 'custom' GUI to change it to your
desired default directory (ending in slash: "/" !)

Using 'custom(ize)' rather than direct setting of the variable
has the advantage that the emacs 'custom'(ize) module will know
about it.

Regards,
Martin Maechler

    VG> Cheers,

    VG> Vincent

    >> thank you
    >> 
    >> Stephen C. Bond Queen's University
    >> 
    >> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Vincent Goulet wrote:
    >> 
    >>> Le 07-07-30 à 17:11, Stephen Bond a écrit :
    >>> 
    >>>> How can I make ESS start from a certain directory and
    >>>> not the default?  Thank you all.
    >>>> 
    >>>> Stephen C. Bond Queen's University
    >>> 
    >>> From C-h v ess-ask-for-ess-directory RET :
    >>> 
    >>> ess-ask-for-ess-directory is a variable defined in
    >>> `ess-cust.el'.  Its value is t
    >>> 
    >>> Documentation: *If non-nil, the process directory will
    >>> be requested each time S is run.
    >>> 
    >>> (I think 't' is the default value.)
    >>> 
    >>> HTH Vincent
    >>> 
    >>> ---
    >>> Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor École d'actuariat
    >>> Université Laval, Québec Vincent.Goulet at act.ulaval.ca
    >>> http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >> 

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