gmane.emacs.ess.general

Re: README organization

Rodney Sparapani — 2008-12-01T22:42:09

Hi Tyler: This has been recommended before and vetoed, but I don't remember why. The way we create the docs is a little tricky right now. I managed to create the topics in the following order: * License:: * Stability:: * Requirements:: * Latest Version:: * Installation:: * Starting an ESS Process:: * New Features:: * Current Features:: * Reporting Bugs:: * Mailing Lists:: * Authors:: If we can all agree on this, then I'll commit the changes. See the proposed README below: 1 General Information: README ***************************** This is the README file for the distribution of ESS version 5.3.9 ESS is a GNU Emacs and XEmacs mode for interactive statistical programming and data analysis. Languages supported: the S family (S 3/4, S-PLUS 3/4/5/6/7, and R), SAS, XLispStat, Stata and BUGS. Installation help can be found in sections for both Unix and Windows. For INSTALLATION, see way below. ESS grew out of the desire for bug fixes and extensions to S-mode and SAS-mode as well as a consistent

Re: ... when editing R documents,'delete' key behaves as 'backspace'

Sebastian P. Luque — 2008-12-01T23:26:32

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:43:54 +0200, Martin Maechler stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote: AP> Could you please clarify which behaviour you are suggesting to drop? AP> That is, which is "this behaviour"? With the latest 5.3.10 version, I see inconsistent behaviour of the key. In ESS mode, this key calls `backward-delete-char-untabify', but in inferior ESS mode it calls `delete-char' (i.e. forward deletion). It used to do the latter in both cases in my system (GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11) of 2008-11-29 on elegiac, modified by Debian). I can't see the relevant change in the docs. What has happened on this front? Thanks.

README organization

tyler — 2008-11-28T18:37:57

Hi, I just installed 5.3.8 from the tarball. There isn't an INSTALL file, but readers of the README are directed to look 'way down' to find the instructions. I didn't notice this at first as I was quickly scanning the file for the heading "Installation", and nearly gave up after several hundred lines of News. So, nothing is actually missing or even misleading, but for patience-challenged folks like me it might be helpful to pull the installation instructions up to the top of the file, or even into a separate INSTALL file. No big deal either way, just an idea. Thanks for the ongoing efforts, Tyler

Looking for Xemacs tester for upcoming ESS 5.3.10 release

Martin Maechler — 2008-11-26T12:32:49

Dear ESS users, Before releasing ESS 5.3.10, we are looking for volunteer testers, mostly Xemacs users. If you are willing, please download the prerelease of ESS 5.3.10 from ftp://stat.ethz.ch/U/maechler/ESS/ and let us (ESS-core< at >... only) know if you see any problems in your typical use. I don't expect problems currently but first would like some feedback, since I have tested only one version of Xemacs very limitedly. Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: Running the 64bit R under ess

Blanchette, Marco — 2008-11-25T22:33:17

Thanks Rodney, Somehow, I kept over-reading that section... I added the following line to my .emacs file following the my normal require line: ;; ESS set-up (load-library "ess/ess-site") (require 'ess) (setq inferior-R-args "--arch x86_64") thanks On 11/25/08 4:20 PM, "Rodney Sparapani" mcw.edu> wrote: Blanchette, Marco wrote: See ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help -- Marco Blanchette, Ph.D. Assistant Investigator Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 East 50th St. Kansas City, MO 64110 Tel: 816-926-4071 Cell: 816-726-8419 Fax: 816-926-2018 ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: Running the 64bit R under ess

Rodney Sparapani — 2008-11-25T22:20:23

See ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Running the 64bit R under ess

Blanchette, Marco — 2008-11-25T21:41:43

Dear all, I just installed the 32/64bit binary of R for Mac OS 10.5.5 and I wish to fire up R in ESS passing the '--arch x86_64' argument to the R process. I can't figure out how configure ESS (or my .emacs I should say) in order to do that. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Marco -- Marco Blanchette, Ph.D. Assistant Investigator Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 East 50th St. Kansas City, MO 64110 Tel: 816-926-4071 Cell: 816-726-8419 Fax: 816-926-2018 ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: XEmacs, UNIX, ESS

Martin Maechler — 2008-11-25T17:47:48

RD> Sorry to jump into the conversation, being a complete emacs lisp ignorant. RD> push-line-other-window is really neat (and I just added it to my RD> .emacs). However, if I have more than two windows, I find the behavior RD> disconcerting. A while ago, I found the following solution, which I RD> added to my .emacs. It sends the marked line (which can be in any RD> window) to a shell process, and shows the output (if there is anything RD> to be shown). What I do not like is that it will not use the shell RD> process window if I have one open already. ;; Take entire current line and execute it as a shell command: ;; from http://linux.hostweb.com/TopicMessages/comp.os.linux.misc/1859693/25/Default.aspx (defun my-execute-line () "Execute the line the cursor is on in a subshell" (interactive) (beginning-of-line) (if (eobp) (error "End of buffer")) (require 'sh-script) (let ((beg (point))) (forward-line 1) (sh-execute-region b

ESS 5.3.9 release -- withdrawn ! --

Martin Maechler — 2008-11-25T14:17:35

I'm very sorry, quite embarrassed and a bit frustrated to have to announce that I must withdraw the release of ESS 5.3.9, since I've detected a bug introduced into ess-noweb.el ca two weeks ago. It breaks important parts of "Rnw-mode" at least on a standard Emacs 22.2 platform. Mostly embarrassing is the fact that no one within ESS-core has detected the bug in due time. The current plan is to replace 5.3.9 by 5.3.10 within very few days, maybe even just hours. Martin Maechler MM> Dear ESS users and lovers, I have just released ESS MM> 5.3.9. It contains several small improvements / fixes, MM> and notably features support for Roxygen. MM> Get it from http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ MM> The full set of "New Features" is mentioned in the MM> following official 'ANNOUNCE'ment. MM> For the ESS-core team, Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich MM> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MM> The ESS Developers proudly announce the rele

ESS 5.3.9 released

Martin Maechler — 2008-11-25T09:24:04

Dear ESS users and lovers, I have just released ESS 5.3.9. It contains several small improvements / fixes, and notably features support for Roxygen. Get it from http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ The full set of "New Features" is mentioned in the following official 'ANNOUNCE'ment. For the ESS-core team, Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ESS Developers proudly announce the release of ESS 5.3.9 Emacs Speaks Statistics (ESS) provides an intelligent, consistent interface between the user and the software. ESS interfaces with S-PLUS, R, SAS, BUGS and other statistical analysis packages under the Unix, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Mac OS operating systems. ESS is a package for the GNU Emacs and XEmacs text editors whose features ESS uses to streamline the creation and use of statistical software. ESS knows the syntax and grammar of statistical analysis packages and provides consistent display and editing features based

Re: XEmacs, UNIX, ESS

Ramon Diaz-Uriarte — 2008-11-21T09:56:25

Sorry to jump into the conversation, being a complete emacs lisp ignorant. push-line-other-window is really neat (and I just added it to my .emacs). However, if I have more than two windows, I find the behavior disconcerting. A while ago, I found the following solution, which I added to my .emacs. It sends the marked line (which can be in any window) to a shell process, and shows the output (if there is anything to be shown). What I do not like is that it will not use the shell process window if I have one open already. ;; Take entire current line and execute it as a shell command: ;; from http://linux.hostweb.com/TopicMessages/comp.os.linux.misc/1859693/25/Default.aspx (defun my-execute-line () "Execute the line the cursor is on in a subshell" (interactive) (beginning-of-line) (if (eobp) (error "End of buffer")) (require 'sh-script) (let ((beg (point))) (forward-line 1) (sh-execute-region beg (point)))) ;;; RDU: ;;; I'd like this to work as in ESS, but I can't simply ;;; do a

Re: XEmacs, UNIX, ESS

Tim Hesterberg — 2008-11-21T05:38:57

Sorry, just my ADD (Attachment Deficit Disorder) acting up. Here's the attachment. Tim On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Tim Hesterberg gmail.com>wrote: ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: XEmacs, UNIX, ESS

Tim Hesterberg — 2008-11-21T05:36:40

I'll claim authorship of push-line-other-window. I'm glad to hear you find it useful. Here are * a couple of refinements * how I created this in the first place - you may find this useful for other applications * another useful macro -------------------------------------------------- Refinements Instead of C-x p, I now have it bound to M-o and C-t, either of which is easier to type repeatedly. (define-key esc-map "o" 'push-line-other-window) (global-set-key "\C-t" 'push-line-other-window) I now have a slightly more efficient version of the fset command in my .emacs. I can't send that in an email message, because it includes some control characters, but I'll attach a small zip file that contains the definition. -------------------------------------------------- Origination I created a macro that did what I want, then saved the macro into .emacs. Steps are: C-x ( start-kbd-macro give the sequences of commands that does what you want C-x ) end-kbd-macro M-x name-last-kbd-macro (give a name) ; In you

Re: Rename iESS processes?

Vitalie Spinu — 2008-11-20T12:45:05

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:49:58 +0100, Brendan Halpin ul.ie> wrote: Yes, that really works. But when changing the process associated with an R buffer by C-c C-s you still have to specify the processes in the form R:i. I understand it is just a matter of convenience but would be nice to know is that kind of renaming is possible. Many thanks. Vitalie. ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: Rename iESS processes?

Martin Maechler — 2008-11-20T08:49:47

BH> "Vitalie Spinu" rambler.ru> writes: >> Is there a way to rename iESS processes? And have >> suggestive names, not like R, R:2, R:3. BH> Have you tried M-x rename-buffer ? BH> In my brief test it seemed to work (i.e. a file BH> associated with the *R* process buffer kept the BH> association after the buffer was renamed). Yes, that does (and should continue to) work; I occasionally have been using it, too. Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich BH> Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, BH> University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f BH> +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F2-025 x 3147 BH> mailto:brendan.halpin< at >ul.ie BH> http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: ESS and org-mode

ts — 2008-11-20T03:07:06

If you are put off by the large number of areas org-mode covers, don't be. One of the really nice things about org-mode is that it's easy to use for basics. The advanced features don't get in the way. I use it mainly for two things: (1) a project organizer -- basically a super outliner and (2) a to-do list. Because you can use org-mode in different ways, it's easy to adapt for your style of working. For example, I normally time-tag phone-call notes and that sort of thing, but I don't use it for deadlines or daily planner type activities. I don't use the tables and such, but they don't get in the way, either. It's quite easy to get started with. Org-mode works in gnu emacs 21 and 22, and the website says it works with xemacs, but I don't use that. As far as integration with ESS, currently, you can set it up to have a block as follows: \begin{Scode} plot(sin) \end{Scode} When in the block, you can hit C-c ', and it moves the R code into it's own indirect buffer with ESS activated. It doesn't try to r

Re: XEmacs, UNIX, ESS

Luis F — 2008-11-20T00:07:35

Dear Richard, Charles, Neil, Erik Mailing List: Again, sorry for my wrongly phrased email and all susequent confusion. Charles suggestion does exactly what I wanted. I placed the lines: (fset 'push-line-other-window "\C-< at >\C-e\M-w\C-n\C-a\C-xo\M->\C-y\C-m\C-xo") (global-set-key "\C-xp" 'push-line-other-window ) in my init.el file. Now I can: 1) have a top window in shell-script-mode window (whatever file I'm working on) 2) a bottom window on a shell-mode window open (esc-x shell) 3) send a line from the top window to the bottom window, by just typing: C-X p It's fantastic; thank you all for taking the time. Thanks Charles and thanks to the initial (lost) contributor for the solution I never get tired of being in awe of this cooperative system Tiago Charles C. Berry wrote: ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: Rename iESS processes?

Brendan Halpin — 2008-11-19T20:49:58

Have you tried M-x rename-buffer ? In my brief test it seemed to work (i.e. a file associated with the *R* process buffer kept the association after the buffer was renamed). Brendan

Rename iESS processes?

Vitalie Spinu — 2008-11-19T20:28:02

Hello Everybody, Is there a way to rename iESS processes? And have suggestive names, not like R, R:2, R:3. I switch processes very often and always forget which is what. Thanks, Vitalie. ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: ESS and org-mode

A.J. Rossini — 2008-11-19T19:39:36

I actually use muse (a competitor to org-mode) quite a bit for planning, notes, hyperlinks/buttons, etc. It's quite useful, and I've heard good things about org-mode as well. The prime use comes if you live in Emacs. Unfortunately, at some point, it's too costly to convert, without figuring out the data-migration strategy. I have looked at integration, as a simpler approach to Sweave (in fact, it could work as a simpler markup which gets mapped to latex eventually). But it'll have to wait until I become an academic again, or find a more research-y employer. Or for someone else to work on it :-). best, -tony blindglobe< at >gmail.com Muttenz, Switzerland. "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05). Drink Coffee: Do stupid things faster with more energy! ______________________________________________ ESS-help< at >stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help

Re: ESS and org-mode

Rodney Sparapani — 2008-11-19T19:24:47

Hi Chuck: Thanks for the info. However, after reading the following, I don't have much enthusiasm at the moment: 1.1 Summary Org is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, and doing project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system. Org develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain lists or information about projects as plain text. Org is implemented on top of Outline mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in table editor. Org supports TODO items, deadlines, time stamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda that utilizes and smoothly integrates much of the Emacs calendar and diary. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For printing and sharing of notes, an Org file can be exported as a structured ASCII file,