[ESS] symbol's value as variable is void

[Tamas K Papp]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 10:36:57AM +0100, Stephen Eglen wrote:
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> These issues look fixable - is it just a case of adding the 
> following into essd-sta.el?
> 
> (defvar STA-customize-alist 
> 	...
>  (comment-start . "*")
>  (comment-end   . "")
>  (inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords . nil)
> 
> Tamas: can you replace essd-sta.el with the one I attach here (and
> delete any essd-sta.elc) and try again?
> 
> I don't have access to stata so can't really test it, but if I do:
> 
> M-x shell
> M-x ess-remote RET stata RET
> 
> and then hit M-; I get the "*" used as comment rather than /* */
> 
> Please test and then I'll commit it if it works.

Stephen,

I replaced the file, deleted the elc files, did dpkg-reconfigure
emacs21 so they were regenerated.  M-; now does indeed give * in the
stata buffer.  But what I wanted is M-; generating * comments when I
am editing a .do file, that still doesn't work (I get /* */).  Sorry,
maybe I was not clear.

I still get the 
font-lock-eval-keywords: Symbol's value as variable is void: inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords

messages.  In the scratch buffer,

(print STA-customize-alist)

((ess-local-customize-alist quote STA-customize-alist) (ess-language . "STA") (ess-dialect . STA-dialect-name) (ess-suffix . "ado") (ess-mode-editing-alist . STA-editing-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . STA-syntax-table) (ess-mode-edit quote STA-mode) (ess-help-sec-regex . ess-help-STA-sec-regex) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist . ess-help-STA-sec-keys-alist) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (ess-object-name-db-file . "ess-sta-namedb.el") (ess-retr-lastvalue-command . "
") (ess-save-lastvalue-command . "
") (inferior-ess-program . inferior-STA-program-name) (inferior-ess-objects-command . "description
") (inferior-ess-help-command . "set more off
 help %s
") (inferior-ess-exit-command . "exit
") (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . "^.") (inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . "^.") (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t) (inferior-ess-start-file) (comment-start . "*") (comment-end . "") (inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords) (inferior-ess-start-args . ""))
((ess-local-customize-alist quote STA-customize-alist) (ess-language . "STA") (ess-dialect . STA-dialect-name) (ess-suffix . "ado") (ess-mode-editing-alist . STA-editing-alist) (ess-mode-syntax-table . STA-syntax-table) (ess-mode-edit quote STA-mode) (ess-help-sec-regex . ess-help-STA-sec-regex) (ess-help-sec-keys-alist . ess-help-STA-sec-keys-alist) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (ess-object-name-db-file . "ess-sta-namedb.el") (ess-retr-lastvalue-command . "
") ...)

Maybe this will help.

Tamas