Use ESS with S-PLUS 2000 on Win'98
Paul Y. Peng
ypeng at math.mun.ca
Mon Feb 14 02:15:24 CET 2000
Is there anyone who has used ESS-5.1.8 successfully with S-PLUS2000
on Win'98 system? In README.SPLUS4WIN for ESS, it says there are
three ways to use ESS:
1. starts S-Plus from within emacs with "M-x S+4-msdos".
2. start an emacs iESS buffer with "M-x S+4-msdos-existing" to
access an existing S-PLUS.
3. start an emacs iESS buffer with "M-x Sqpe+4" to use S-PLUS
without GUI.
However, only the last way works for me. I tried the first way and
got the following message in emacs
This is a placeholder buffer. You can't type anything here.
Use 'C-x b RET' to return to your file.
Anything sent to this process from an S-mode buffer goes
directly to the associated Splus Commands window.
The S-Plus Commands window must be visible.
You may need to open the S-Plus Commands window manually
(by clicking on Splus/Window/Commands Window).
There is a 30 second delay when this program starts during which the
emacs screen will be partially blank.
Remember to
`q()' from S-Plus and
then M-x C-q exit from the `*S+4 ddeclient* buffer,
or take the risk of not being able to shut down your computer
and suffering through scandisk.
Any results of the !system.command typed at the S prompt in the
Splus Commands window (are supposed to) appear in this buffer.
Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1998.
C:\Peng\Teaching\Survival\>Splus /MULTIPLEINSTANCES
S_PRINT_COMMAND=gnuclientw.exe S_PROJ=c:/Peng/Teaching/Survival
Splus /MULTIPLEINSTANCES S_PRINT_COMMAND=gnuclientw.exe
S_PROJ=c:/Peng/Teaching/Survival
Then emacs stops at this point and no S-PLUS window comes up.
I cannot exit this buffer by M-x C-q exit either. I have to kill
the buffer by C-x k, but after that my WINDOW'98 cannot properly
shut down.
The second way gave me similar messages in addition to the
following two lines appeared in the existing S-PLUS command window
> #S+4
> options(editor='gnuclient.exe', pager='gnuclientw.exe')
Any hints are highly appreciated. I use Emacs 20.4 and ESS was
installed in a standard way as described in its manual.
Paul.
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