[ESS] ESS Hangs: Text is read-only

Sparapani, Rodney rsparapa at mcw.edu
Wed Apr 2 17:49:15 CEST 2014


On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 10:38 -0400, Mathieu Basille wrote:
> > With pdfs ESS uses vignete R command. Go to the link and do M-: and
> eval
> > this:
> >
> >      (format "vignette('%s', package='%s')\n"
> >                         (get-text-property (point) 'vignette)
> >                         (get-text-property (point) 'package))
> >
> > the resulting string is the literal command used.
> 
> I tried this for the package 'fortunes' (everybody should have it!).
> Here 
> is what I have on the vignette buffer:
> 
> fortunes:
> 
> Pdf Rnw R       fortunes
> 
> And if eval the command you suggested, nothing happens. Here is the
> output 
> (from the Messages buffer):
> 
> "vignette('R Fortunes: Collected Wisdom', package='fortunes')
> "

Not for me.  I see 
"vignette('fortunes', package='fortunes')
"

But, I guess this is why it works for me and fails for you.



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