[ESS] ESS 5.3.7 released
Vincent Goulet
vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca
Thu Apr 10 23:10:48 CEST 2008
Le jeu. 10 avr. à 12:48, Martin Maechler a écrit :
> Dear ESS users, [and ESS packaging maintainers, BCCed]
>
> Version of 5.3.7 of ESS has just been released,
> --> http://ESS.r-project.org/downloads/ess/
Accordingly, I have updated my Modified GNU Emacs for Windows
distribution:
http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs/
The new version of ESS is the only change in the distribution, though.
So it is simple to only download the ess-5.3.7.zip file from the ESS
download area, unpack the file in the site-lisp folder within the
Emacs installation (by default C:\Program Files\GNU Emacs\site-lisp),
delete the ess-5.3.6 folder in the same location and restart Emacs.
---
Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor
École d'actuariat
Université Laval, Québec
Vincent.Goulet at act.ulaval.ca http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca
>
>
> Since September 2007, many small improvements, enhancements and
> minor bug fixes have happened. See the "New Features"
> below or in the documentation.
>
> For the ESS core team:
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>
> 1 ANNOUNCING ESS
> ****************
>
> The ESS Developers proudly announce the release of ESS
>
> 5.3.7
>
> Emacs Speaks Statistics (ESS) provides an intelligent, consistent
> interface between the user and the software. ESS interfaces with
> S-PLUS, R, SAS, BUGS and other statistical analysis packages under the
> Unix, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Mac OS operating systems. ESS is a
> package for the GNU Emacs and XEmacs text editors whose features ESS
> uses to streamline the creation and use of statistical software. ESS
> knows the syntax and grammar of statistical analysis packages and
> provides consistent display and editing features based on that
> knowledge. ESS assists in interactive and batch execution of
> statements written in these statistical analysis languages.
>
> ESS is freely available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
> Please read the file COPYING which comes with the distribution, for
> more information about the license. For more detailed information,
> please read the README files that come with ESS.
>
> 1.1 Getting the Latest Version
> ==============================
>
> The latest released version of ESS is always available on the web at:
> ESS web page (http://ess.r-project.org) or StatLib
> (http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/general/ESS/)
>
> The latest development version of ESS is available via
> `https://svn.R-project.org/ESS/', the ESS Subversion repository. If
> you have a Subversion client (see `http://subversion.tigris.org/'),
> you
> can download the sources using:
> % svn checkout https://svn.r-project.org/ESS/trunk PATH
> which will put the ESS files into directory PATH. Later, within
> that directory, `svn update' will bring that directory up to date.
> Windows-based tools such as TortoiseSVN are also available for
> downloading the files. Alternatively, you can browse the sources
> with a
> web browser at: ESS SVN site (https://svn.r-project.org/ESS/trunk).
> However, please use a subversion client instead to minimize the load
> when retrieving.
>
> If you remove other versions of ESS from your emacs load-path, you
> can then use the development version by adding the following
> to .emacs:
>
> (load "/path/to/ess-svn/lisp/ess-site.el")
>
> Note that https is required, and that the SSL certificate for the
> Subversion server of the R project is
>
> Certificate information:
> - Hostname: svn.r-project.org
> - Valid: from Jul 16 08:10:01 2004 GMT until Jul 14 08:10:01
> 2014 GMT
> - Issuer: Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
> Switzerland, CH
> - Fingerprint: c9:5d:eb:f9:f2:56:d1:04:ba:
> 44:61:f8:64:6b:d9:33:3f:93:6e:ad
>
> (currently, there is no "trusted certificate"). You can accept this
> certificate permanently and will not be asked about it anymore.
>
> 1.2 Current Features
> ====================
>
> * Languages Supported:
> * S family (S 3/4, S-PLUS 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x, and R)
>
> * SAS
>
> * BUGS/JAGS
>
> * Stata
>
> * XLispStat including Arc and ViSta
>
> * Editing source code (S family, SAS, BUGS/JAGS, XLispStat)
> * Syntactic indentation and highlighting of source code
>
> * Partial evaluation of code
>
> * Loading and error-checking of code
>
> * Source code revision maintenance
>
> * Batch execution (SAS, BUGS/JAGS)
>
> * Use of imenu to provide links to appropriate functions
>
> * Interacting with the process (S family, SAS, XLispStat)
> * Command-line editing
>
> * Searchable Command history
>
> * Command-line completion of S family object names and file
> names
>
> * Quick access to object lists and search lists
>
> * Transcript recording
>
> * Interface to the help system
>
> * Transcript manipulation (S family, XLispStat)
> * Recording and saving transcript files
>
> * Manipulating and editing saved transcripts
>
> * Re-evaluating commands from transcript files
>
> * Help File Editing (R)
> * Syntactic indentation and highlighting of source code.
>
> * Sending Examples to running ESS process.
>
> * Previewing
>
> 1.3 Requirements
> ================
>
> ESS has been tested with
>
> * R >=0.49
>
> * S-PLUS 3.3-4, 4.5, 2000, 5.0-1, 6.0-2, 7.0, 8.0
>
> * S4
>
> * SAS >=6.12
>
> * BUGS 0.5, 0.6
>
> * JAGS 1.0
>
> * Stata >=6.0 (recent Stata support limited due to changes in Stata)
>
> on the following platforms
>
> * Linux/x86 (all)
>
> * Solaris/SPARC (all)
>
> * MS Windows 98/NT/2000/XP (R, SPLUS 4.5/2000/6.0-2/7.0/8.0, SAS
> interactive only, and BUGS 0.6)
>
> * Apple Mac OS X 10.3-4 (R, JAGS)
>
> with the following versions of emacs
>
> * GNU Emacs 20.3-7, 21.1, 21.3-4, 22.1
>
> * XEmacs 21.4.0-8, 21.4.9-13(1), 21.4.14-15, 21.4.17-21 (betas not
> supported, but 21.5.23+ may work)
>
> ---------- Footnotes ----------
>
> (1) require the files.el patch to revert-buffer for the Local
> Variables updating problem
>
> 1.4 Stability
> =============
>
> Versions 5.3.x are meant to be release-quality versions. While some
> new features are being introduced, we are cleaning up and improving
> the
> interface. We know about some remaining documentation
> inconsistencies.
> Patches or suggested fixes with bug reports are much appreciated!
>
> 1.5 Mailing List
> ================
>
> There is a mailing list for discussions and announcements relating to
> ESS. Join the list by sending an e-mail with "subscribe ess-help" (or
> "help") in the body to <ess-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch>;
> contributions to the list may be mailed to
> <ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>. Rest assured, this is a fairly
> low-volume mailing list.
>
> The purposes of the mailing list include
>
> * helping users of ESS to get along with it.
>
> * discussing aspects of using ESS on Emacs and XEmacs.
>
> * suggestions for improvements.
>
> * announcements of new releases of ESS.
>
> * posting small patches to ESS.
>
> 1.6 Reporting Bugs
> ==================
>
> Please send bug reports, suggestions etc. to
> <ESS-bugs at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>
> The easiest way to do this is within Emacs by typing
>
> `M-x ess-submit-bug-report'
>
> This also gives the maintainers valuable information about your
> installation which may help us to identify or even fix the bug.
>
> If Emacs reports an error, backtraces can help us debug the problem.
> Type "M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET". Then run the
> command that causes the error and you should see a *Backtrace* buffer
> containing debug information; send us that buffer.
>
> Note that comments, suggestions, words of praise and large cash
> donations are also more than welcome.
>
> 1.7 Authors
> ===========
>
> * A.J. Rossini (mailto:blindglobe at gmail.com)
>
> * Richard M. Heiberger (mailto:rmh at temple.edu)
>
> * Kurt Hornik (mailto:Kurt.Hornik at R-project.org)
>
> * Martin Maechler (mailto:maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch)
>
> * Rodney A. Sparapani (mailto:rsparapa at mcw.edu)
>
> * Stephen Eglen (mailto:stephen at gnu.org)
>
> 1.8 License
> ===========
>
> ESS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
> the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
> version.
>
> ESS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
> in the file COPYING in the same directory as this file for more
> details.
>
> 1.9 New Features
> ================
>
> Changes/New Features in 5.3.7:
> * ESS: `ess-default-style' now *is* customizable, i.e., changing
> its value in `~/.emacs' now does have the desired effect.
>
> * ESS: `ess-font-lock-mode' is a new variable (default: t) which
> controls whether font-locking is enabled in ESS buffers.
>
> * ESS[R]: for XEmacs on Windows; another tweak to find R versions
>
> * ESS[SAS]: font-locking updated for ODS and SAS Bayesian
> Procedures;
> a more consistent handling of SAS options by
> `ess-sas-submit-command-options' which is buffer-local; portable
> snooze for MS Windows via customize-able `ess-sleep-for' (floats
> welcome); Xpdf now supported as a PDF viewer
>
> * ESS[Rnw]: now also works with "emacs -nw" and Emacs 22.
>
> * ESS[JAGS]: now requires JAGS 1.0 (see the new ESS for JAGS help
> section for more information): both need work; suggestions welcome
>
> * ESS[R]: [TAB] completion now uses the R-internal completion
> mechanism (for R >= 2.5.0).
>
> * ESS[R] ([S]): interpretation of "_" as assignment has been removed
> in `ess-continued-statement-p' for R and S.
>
> * several internal code cleanups.
>
> * ESS[R]: An experimental version of a new command `Rgui' on MS
> Windows to send lines directly from emacs to `Rgui' is available
> in file `lisp/essd-rgui.el'. Preliminary documentation is in file
> `doc/rgui-doc.txt'.
>
> Changes/New Features in 5.3.6:
> * ESS: for XEmacs, using "gnuclient" (without a "-q") works for
> things like fix() after M-x gnuserv-start has been done.
>
> * ESS[R]: M-x R-newest should now work in more situations on MS
> Windows, e.g., when R has been installed in a non-default
> "ProgramFiles" directory tree. In these cases, there's no need
> to specify the name (and full path) of the R program anymore.
>
> * ESS[R]: For XEmacs, startup (with new tooltip code) works again.
>
> .............................
>
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