[R] Beginners manual for emacs and ess

[Marc Schwartz (via MN)]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 17:03 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I heard so much about Emacs and ESS that I decided to try it out - but I 
>   am stuck at the beginning.
> 
> Is there anywhere a beginners manual for Emacs & ESS to be used with R? 
> even M-x S tells me it can't start S-Plus - obviously - but I want it to 
> start R...
> 
> Any help welcome (otherwise I will be stuck with Eclipse and R)
> 
> Rainer


There are some reference materials on the main ESS site at:

  http://ess.r-project.org/

In addition, there is a dedicated ESS mailing list, with more info here:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

HTH,

Marc Schwartz