Thanks.  I have verified the path where ess-site.el sits, it is indeed
C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site.el
Just to clarify, I created C:/ess and unzipped the zip file there to
install it there resulting in this directory structure.
Does that not mean that is where ESS is?  Please clarify what you mean
by "where ESS is".  Thanks.

________________________________

From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh@temple.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:50 PM
To: Li, Preston
Cc: ess-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [ESS] ESS installation (Windows) problem


Since you say neither statement works, that suggests that ESS in in
neither
place.  Please verify where ESS is.

Another possibility, actually quite likely, is that you put ESS in a
non-standard place.
Therefore the (load ...) command won't work.  You will need the longer
statement
(load-file "C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site.el") 
Again verify that you have the correct pathname.

Also, the etiquette of this list is that you stay on the list and do not
reply individually
to senders.



On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh@temple.edu>
wrote:


	Your original email said
	 
	 (load "C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site") 
	
	Your second email said
	(load "~/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site")
	 
	they are not the same.  ESS is not inside your personal
directory.  Therefore
	you need the absolute pathname (beginning with the "c:/"
	 
	 

	 
	On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Li, Preston
<Preston.Li@blackrock.com> wrote:
	

		Thank you for your quick reply.  I verified that I do
have 2 levels of ess-5.13 and as such I created ~/.emacs and in there
put:
		(load "~/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site")
		 
		but afterwards I fired up GNU emacs again but still no
*ESS* recognition

________________________________

		From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh@temple.edu] 
		Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:05 PM
		To: Li, Preston
		Cc: ess-help@r-project.org
		Subject: Re: [ESS] ESS installation (Windows) problem
		
		
		Windows itself won't create names beginning with ".".
If you create that file name
		inside emacs, it will exist.  The "~" is the convention
for your home directory.
		Open the file 
		C-x C-f ~/.emacs <RET>
		Emacs will create the file if it isn't already there.
		Add the correct load statement for your machine and then
save it with
		C-x C-s
		Are you sure that you have two levels of ess-5.13?
Usually only one level
		is in the path.
		
		The ESS instructions for Windows are correct.  You must
follow them absolutely
		literally.
		


		On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Li, Preston
<Preston.Li@blackrock.com> wrote:
		

			Hi,
			
			I am on Windows XP and have both GNU Emacs
21.3.1 installed as well as
			the latest ESS 5.13 unpacked as follow:
			
			C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/
			C:/Program Files/GNU EMACS/site-lisp/
			
			The installation instructions at
			http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/readme.html
suggests adding (load
			"C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site") to
~/.emacs
			
			Where exactly should the .emacs be?  Does it
already exist or do I have
			to create it.  I only see one file (subdirs.el)
under C:/Program
			Files/GNU EMACS/site-lisp/
			
			Also, in Windows (as opposed to Unix) I thought
file names starting with
			a "." is prohibited, no?
			
			Please advise.  Thanks.
			
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