I am trying to start ESS under cygwin (which works on windows). Emacs opens and tries to read .emacs which is:
(load "/usr/local/emacs-21.3/site-lisp/ess-5.2.3/lisp/ess-site")
(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(ess-help-own-frame t))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 )
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and produces the following error:
(emacs)
Loading tool-bar...done
Loading image...done
Loading tooltip...done
Loading /usr/local/emacs-21.3/site-lisp/ess-5.2.3/lisp/ess-site (source)...
Loading regexp-opt...done
enabling speedbar support

An error has occurred while loading `/home/Stoyan/.emacs':
Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause
of the error in your initialization file and remove it.  Start
Emacs with the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error
backtrace
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I access a Unix server by ssh from a separate xterm and start Splus there.
then I issue M-x ess-remote

and it says 'no match' , if I try auto-completion the only possibilities are:
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Click <mouse-2> on a completion to select it.
In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.

Possible completions are:
ess-request-a-process     ess-restore-asm-extns
ess-resynch      ess-revert-wisely
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i tried 'ess-request-a-process' but it says No ESS processes running.
there is an ESS buffer but there is nothing in it, so sth did not work.
pls help
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