defining additional inferior programs
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Sat Oct 12 18:35:49 CEST 2002
>>>>> "MatW" == Wiener, Matthew <matthew_wiener at merck.com>
>>>>> on Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:39:49 -0400 writes:
MatW> Hi, all. I've compiled R-1.6.0, but wanted to be able
MatW> to work in both R's for a little while before
MatW> switching over entirely. Not sure why, but there you
MatW> are. Consequently, I wanted to define a new inferior
MatW> program.
MatW> I tried (setq-default set-inferior-R6-program name
MatW> blahblahblah)
MatW> It doesn't work. However, if I reset the inferior S+3
MatW> program name to my R-1.6.0, it works.
MatW> Clearly, the list of possible dialects is restricted.
MatW> It looks like this is handled in ess-cust.el. I think
MatW> I've found the blocks of code I'd need to change to
MatW> make this work -- it's basically just adding the
MatW> defcustom inferior-R6-program-name statement, plus
MatW> maybe adding it in the dialect list -- but wanted to
MatW> make sure I wouldn't be messing anything up.
MatW> Obviously using S+3 to be R-1.6.0 is a perfectly good
MatW> workaround. But perhaps an Rold could be added?
We use the following (hack) in our system wide default.el file :
(defun S+3.4 () "Call the 1996 release, Splus 3.4, from within emacs."
(interactive) (let ((inferior-S+3-program-name "Splus3.4")) (S+3)))
(defun R-1.0 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.0, i.e., R version 1.0.1 (2000-04-14) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.0"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.1 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.1, i.e., R version 1.1.1 (2000-08-15) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.1"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.2 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.2, i.e., R version 1.2.3 (2001-04-26) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.2"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.3 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.3, i.e., R version 1.3.1 (2001-08-31) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.3"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.4 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.4, i.e., R version 1.4.1 (2002-01-30) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.4"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.5 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.5, i.e., R version 1.5.1 (2002-06-17) using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.5"))(R start-args)))
(defun R-1.6 (&optional start-args)
"Call R-1.6, i.e., R version 1.6.x {x := newest released} using ESS."
(interactive "P")(let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-1.6"))(R start-args)))
where I use symbolic links to define (and update) the "R-1.6"
(etc) command.
MatW> Thanks for any help.
MatW> (Also, if I'm crazy not just to switch to R-1.6.0,
MatW> please say so. I'm not sure why I feel more cautious
MatW> this time around.)
no reason to feel more cautious (to the contrary: Never have we
had such a careful beta testing period).
But I also do keep older versions around.
Martin
Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> http://stat.ethz.ch/~maechler/
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