[R] Configuring emacs/ess on Ubuntu

[Roland Rau]

Hi Wade,

Wade Wall wrote:
> I first installed through the package manager, but was unable to start R 
> without opening a script file.  So I installed from the tarball, but am 
> still unable to open R using any commands;  ESS loads into a buffer; but 
> I can't use M-x-R to open R.   the only way I can open R is to open a 

are you sure R is installed?


> script file first.  Maybe my question is, how do I create a new script 
> file, type some commands, open R, and run script from the file?

this is a simple session which should work to create a new script file, 
typing some commands, opening R and run the whole content from the 
buffer in R. Please note that there might be a message like Cannot read 
history file /your/file/path
"C" refers to the CTRL key and "M" to the Meta key (-> ALT)

C-x C-f myscript.r
rnorm(100)
C-x 2
C-x o
M-x R
C-x o
C-c M-b



I hope this helps you further,
Roland