R process does not start correctly

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "WDM" == William D McCoy <wdmccoy at geo.umass.edu> writes:

    WDM> For what it's worth, I don't think I have ever seen this behavior.
    WDM> I use XEmacs and ESS every day, but I don't use the latest versions of 
    WDM> either.  I am now using XEmacs 21.1.14 and ESS 5.1.19.  So perhaps it
    WDM> is something in versions more recent than those that produces the
    WDM> problem.  

As far as I can tell, it's related to buffer variable mis-scope.  

If I start my work day via: 
   xemacs -f R 
and proceed from there, everything is fine.

If I start by editing, _SOMETIMES_ things are fine.  And I've not been
able to reproduce it (it tends to happen to me only when I'm in a
rush to finish something, not when I've got time to debug or grab a
stack trace, sigh...  Murphy strikes again).

best,
-tony

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