I’m loading from /Users/lucas/.emacs.d/ess-dev/ (version 14.05) so it seems to be loading from the correct location (the latest version on github). 

Am 27.06.2014 um 13:49 schrieb Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit@gmail.com>:

> You are probably loading from a different location. Try M-x ess-version and see where you are loading it from.
> 
> 
> On 27 June 2014 13:45, Lucas Holland <hollandlucas@gmail.com> wrote:
> I’ve added
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "/Users/lucas/.emacs.d/ess-dev/lisp")
> (load "ess-site.el“)
> 
> to my init.el. I still get the same error when trying to load R-mode though.
> 
> Am 27.06.2014 um 13:40 schrieb Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit@gmail.com>:
> 
> >
> > Just do
> >
> > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/ESS/lisp/")
> > (load "ess-site.el")
> >
> >
> >  Vitalie
> >
> >
> >>>> Lucas Holland on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:22:44 +0200 wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Vitalie,
> >> thanks for your reply. I’m not aware of the emacs version I used to compile
> >> it. I simply followed the instructions, adjusting the Makeconf so it points to
> >> the emacs I use (i. e. the one in the /Applications) directory.
> >
> >> How do I go about loading ESS from source directly (sorry, I’m quite new to the world of emacs)?
> >
> >> Thanks again!
> >
> >> Lucas
> >> Am 27.06.2014 um 13:16 schrieb Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit@gmail.com>:
> >
> >>>
> >>> This is one of those gost errors that people report
> >>> sometimes. with-silent-modifications is there but the errors says it is
> >>> not. It is usually caused by some sort of mismatch of emacs version
> >>> during compilations. Have you compiled your ess with an older version of
> >>> emacs? Try loading ESS from sourse directly.
> >>>
> >>> Vitalie
> >>>
> >>>>>> Lucas Holland on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:34:13 +0200 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>>> I’ve just installed the latest version of ESS from github (14.05, the
> >>>> same problem occurs with the version currently available for download
> >>>> on the website).
> >>>
> >>>> However when I try to switch into R mode via M-x R-mode I get an
> >>>> arrow and it seems to go into S mode instead. Here’s the error I get:
> >>>
> >>>> ess-bp-recreate-all: Invalid function: with-silent-modifications
> >>>
> >>>> C-h f with-silent-modifications gives me
> >>>
> >>>> with-silent-modifications is a Lisp macro in `subr.el'.
> >>>
> >>>> and some description text.
> >>>
> >>>> I’m running the following Emacs version:
> >>>
> >>>> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2013-03-13 on bob.porkrind.org
> >>>
> >>>> I’ve seen this error being asked about before but in that case using
> >>>> the latest ess version seems to have fixed it whereas that’s not the
> >>>> case for me.
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>>> ______________________________________________
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> >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
> >
> 
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