[ESS] Is there a way to continue using emacs while C-c C-r ess-eval-region is running?

[Matthew Landis]

On 4/19/2012 5:27 PM, regcl wrote:
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> Thank you. I tried setting ess-eval-visibly-p to nil. But now all I see in the R process (ESS[S]) buffer is:
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>>>>>> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +>  >  >  >  >  >  + + + + ++ + +>  >  >  >  + + + + + + + + + + + +>  >  >  >  + + + + + + + + + + + +>  >  >  >  + + + +>  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  + + + + +>  >  >  >  >  >  >  >>  >>  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >
> This is generally confusing, and makes it tempting to put print statements in the code. Surely this would be a step backwards.
>
> What I need is for the R process to be allowed to lag behind, and for my code to be interleaved with evaluation results as they occur.
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>
I have to agree with regcl here.  This is one of my few complaints about 
ESS.  I would love to have a usable way of echoing the statements that I 
am sending.

Many thanks to all those who work on ESS.  It is a pleasure to use every 
day.

M

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