[ESS] How to Duplicate Previous Functionality/Workflow

[Stephen J. Eglen]

> (You probably didn't do this, because Docview isn't great for
> pdfs. The now abandoned package pdf-tools was a great option for
> reading pdfs inside Emacs).

just to add a couple of comments:

1. pdf-tools was forked about 1-2 years ago, and now active at:

https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools

It can be a bit fussy to install compared to most Emacs packages,
because of dependencies and the binaries it creates.  However, I like it
and use it regularly.



2. A non-answer to the original question, but I prefer writing Makefiles
to build my documents, rather than using Emacs functionality.  Emacs has
a good interface to running make (e.g. through M-x compile).  Use
whatever is best for you, but just thought I'd mention it.

Stephen