[R] and [ESS] Starting ESS

[Vincent Goulet]

Suresh,

Did you define a HOME environment variable for Emacs to use (as instructed in 
the installation instructions)? I observed that when the HOME variable is not 
defined (or points to a non-existent directory), Emacs will freeze as soon as 
one toggles from the Emacs window to another application and back to Emacs.

And of course, I should have written FSF Emacs in my original post, not FSG.

Hope this helps!

Le 26 Février 2005 00:06, Suresh Krishna a écrit :
> Prof. Goulet,
>
> I apologize in advance if I shouldnt have been writing to you directly;
> but I thought that my problem was simple enough that you could very
> quickly say if you knew of a quick fix for this.
>
> Because I am familiar with the Emacs editor, I was happily and
> gratefully using your packaged version of FSG Emacs after you suggested
> it here on the list (R-help); but I have run into a problem that occurs
>
> when i run:
>  >x=1;
>  >y=1;
>  >par(ask=T)
>  >plot(x,y)
>
> emacs/ess/r now freezes because it is waiting for me to hit enter to see
> the next plot, however, when i hit enter, i am not sure R is able to
> realize that i hit enter. also, the "hit enter to see next plot" message
> is not displayed in the window with the r process.
>
> If this is a problem that is somehow specific to what I am doing, then
> please let me know. I have switched back to JGR and the mouse, until then.
>
> Thanks !!
>
> Suresh
>
> Vincent Goulet wrote:
> > To answer your question: I don't think it matters.
> >
> > If you're willing to use FSG Emacs instead of XEmacs, I repackaged Emacs
> > 21.3 for Windows together with recent versions of ESS and AuCTeX for my
> > students (I personally run Linux). The package and installation
> > instructions are at:
> >
> >  http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/download/software/emacs/
> >
> > (Look for files emacs-21.3-ready.zip, emacs_install_en.txt and perhaps
> > ess_s-plus_win_en.txt.)
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Le 23 Février 2005 18:16, Laura Holt a écrit :
> >>Dear R People:
> >>
> >>I have finally seen the error of my ways and have decided to use ESS for
> >> R and S + stuff.
> >>
> >>However, I have a question right from the beginning.  I'm somewhat
> >> confused by the installation instructions.
> >>
> >>Do I install XEMACS or ESS first, please?
> >>
> >>Windows XP
> >>R Version 2.0.1
> >>(S + 6.2)
> >>
> >>Thanks so much!
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>Laura Holt
> >>mailto: lauraholt_983 at hotmail.com
> >>
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  Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor
  École d'actuariat
  Université Laval, Québec 
  Vincent.Goulet at act.ulaval.ca   http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca