R process does not start correctly

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "tony" == A J Rossini <rossini at blindglobe.net>
>>>>>     on Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:38:36 -0800 writes:

    tony> I've seen it happen many times for me.  I'm not sure what is causing
    tony> it, other than it is holding up the 5.1.25 (hopefully equivalent to
    tony> the release candidate for 5.2, 5.2rc1), right now.  

    tony> The only sure way not to do it is to start R first, which is very
    tony> annoying to me, so I'm sure that I'll have it fixed by summer (it is a
    tony> bit hectic here, right now).

Hmm, 
can anyone else confirm to have seen this "many times"?
Could it be that it is an Xemacs problem?

I think I have never seen this (for a long time at least),
and I haven't been using Xemacs for a similar length of time...

Martin


>>>>> "SG" == Sven Garbade <garbade at psy.uni-muenchen.de> writes:

    SG> Dear list,
    SG> I use R version R 1.6.1 (2002-11-01), ESS version 5.1.24 and XEmacs
    SG> version version 21.4 (April 2001). In some cases after starting R via
    SG> M-x R Ret I got the following error message:

    SG> No ESS process is associated with this buffer now.

    SG> and R isn't running within a buffer.

    SG> Any ideas? Thanks,
    SG> Sven

    SG> Here is the log message:


    SG> (R): ess-dialect=R, buf=INBOX, start-arg=nil
    SG> current-prefix-arg=nil
    SG> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=INBOX
    SG> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R* 
    SG> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/sfg/experimente/pursuit_discrimination/pd3_v3_b_100/ buf=*R*
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R* 
    SG> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
    SG> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
    SG> (i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
    SG> (i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
    SG> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=nil
    SG> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog R
    SG> Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .

    SG> (R): ess-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*, start-arg=nil
    SG> current-prefix-arg=nil
    SG> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*
    SG> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R:2 temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R:2* 
    SG> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/sfg/experimente/pursuit_discrimination/pd3_v3_b_100/ buf=*R:2*
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R:2*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R:2* 
    SG> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
    SG> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
    SG> (i-ess 1): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
    SG> (i-ess 2): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R:2*, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
    SG> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R:2*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=nil
    SG> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> Making Process...Buf *R:2*, Proc R:2, Prog R
    SG> Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .

    SG> (R): ess-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*, start-arg=nil
    SG> current-prefix-arg=nil
    SG> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*
    SG> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R* 
    SG> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/sfg/experimente/pursuit_discrimination/pd3_v3_b_100/ buf=*R*
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R* 
    SG> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
    SG> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
    SG> (i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
    SG> (i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R*, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
    SG> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=nil
    SG> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog R
    SG> Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .

    SG> (R): ess-dialect=R, buf=package-index.LATEST.pgp, start-arg=nil
    SG> current-prefix-arg=nil
    SG> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=*ESS*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=package-index.LATEST.pgp
    SG> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R:2 temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R:2* 
    SG> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/sfg/experimente/pursuit_discrimination/pd3_v3_b_100/ buf=*R:2*
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R:2*, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
    SG> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R:2* 
    SG> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline , inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
    SG> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
    SG> (i-ess 1): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
    SG> (i-ess 2): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=*R:2*, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
    SG> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R:2*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
    SG> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=nil
    SG> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline  
    SG> Making Process...Buf *R:2*, Proc R:2, Prog R
    SG> Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .

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