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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