[ESS] using tramp for remote machine processes

[Rodney Sparapani]

A.J. Rossini wrote:

> You are, and you aren't.   A similar approach was used to
> automagically do that for the ESS SAS mode.  It worked, last I checked
> back in the early 2000s...
> 
> So we should get something like that working at some point.
> Contributions welcome!
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 

I think it depends on how the remote host handles the terminal device, 
pseudo-terminals, etc.  For example, I've seen cases where remote 
iESS[SAS] does not work, but remote ess-sas-interactive does.  They both 
rely on the same internals so the iESS stuff works, but the remote host 
can't communicate with it.  There was a long thread on this in the early 
naughties that you might be able to find.

Rodney