Question 1.
I've recently updated my system to a new release of Ubuntu and my prior
.emacs file does not seem to work with ESS.
I've looked at the online help, but it has nothing particularly useful to
say on this issue.  Here is the appropriate section of my .emacs file:

(setq ess-tab-always-indent nil)
(setq ess-auto-newline nil)
(setq ess-indent-level 4)
(setq ess-brace-offset 4)
(setq ess-close-brace-offset 4)
(setq ess-continued-statement-offset 4)
(setq ess-arg-function-offset nil)
(setq ess-expression-offset nil)
(setq ess-else-offset 0)
(setq ess-return-indent nil)
(setq ess-fancy-comments nil)
(define-key ess-mode-map [return] 'newline)  ; turn off "electric" newline
(define-key ess-mode-map "_" 'self-insert-command)

 When I fire up the editor on a .s or .R file, it has obviously ignored
everything here.  Lines preceding and following this bit are having their
effect on other modes, so it does not appear to be a file failure.

Question 2:
 In reading the documentation I noticed bragging about addition of electric
braces.  As a (fairly fast) touch typist I find electric anything to be a
major PITA (2/3 of my customization for C mode is devoted to turning off 9
different electrics).  Is there a standard way to do this for ESS?

Thanks for any help.  I use emacs daily but am far from facile in
customization issues.

Terry Therneau
terry.therneau@gmail.com

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