[ESS] Breaking an S process

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Tiago" == Tiago R Magalhaes <tiago17 at socrates.Berkeley.EDU>
>>>>>     on Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:54:44 +0000 writes

to me privately, but I allow myself to reply CC'ing  ESS-help,
since I think the answer should be more widely available

    Tiago> .. thanks for the information I still have the
    Tiago> same problem: C-C C-c C-g stops the execution, but
    Tiago> the "Fontifying" stays at the bottom of the page.

could it be that it is completely harmless?
just showing the last message which happens to be "Fontifying" ?

    Tiago> It goes away when I open a new file. But I have been
    Tiago> much more careful so I have had less and less of
    Tiago> problems. 
good.

    Tiago> I couldn't understand what you mean by
    Tiago> changes in the R command print (I looked at the help
    Tiago> for print, but couldn't see a customizable print less
    Tiago> than a certain amount control)

(I meant to say that this has been *discussed*, not implemented)

    Tiago> I have one last question to you (and again thanks),
    Tiago> how can I set up xemacs prompt saves of R upon
    Tiago> exiting? It has happened that I accidently kill the R
    Tiago> buffer and it just closes without asking whether I
    Tiago> want to save.

You can add "--save" to the default R arguments, 
by  
    M-x customize-variable <Enter> inferior-R-args

but this doesn't help against *killing*  the *R* buffer. 
It will just automatically save upon  q()  [or C-c C-q hopefully].

BTW: I never save a workspace or work with .RData: 
     When you work with ESS, it's typically very reasonable that
     everything important is recreatable from the corresponding
     *.R source file. 
     
     The few times I create "expensive" objects, I save() them
     explicitly (but to "<myobject>.rda", not ".Rdata") and can 
     load() or attach() them later.
     Still all these save(), load(), .. commands are part of my
     *.R script file.     


    Tiago> I wish you a good year

Thank you,
and also from me
      "Happy New Year!" 
to all ESS users and your loved ones.

Martin Maechler