[ESS] .emacs now working with dump under ess

[McClatchie, Sam (PIRSA-SARDI)]

Hello Andreas

Thanks very much for that tip. I have modified the line in .emacs to:

(setq ess-source-directory 
      '(lambda () (file-name-as-directory
		   (expand-file-name (concat "./R_Src")))))

This gets rid of the dependence on the global environment variables. Second,
I don't store my dumped scripts in a directory starting with dot! The last
time I moved jobs, an IT person backed up my machine with a windows based
software and it ignored the hidden directories, so all my .RData were lost.
Fortunately, I had dumped the scripts into a subdirectory that did not start
with dot.

Many thanks for your help.  
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Sam McClatchie,
Sub-program leader, Pelagic Fisheries
South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre
PO Box 120, Henley Beach 5022
Adelaide, South Australia
email <mcclatchie.sam at saugov.sa.gov.au>
Telephone: (61-8) 8207 5448
FAX: (61-8) 8200 2481
Research home page <http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~s.mcclatchie/>
  
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kiermeier, Andreas (PIRSA - SARDI) 
>Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2005 9:53 AM
>To: McClatchie, Sam (PIRSA-SARDI)
>Subject: RE: linux at SARDI
>
>
>Sam,
>
>thanks for the info on you Linux machine. I thought that it 
>might have been something like that - just a shame that you to 
>stuff around with a memory stick (I've been there when I had a 
>Adelaide uni machine and a SARDI desktop).
>
>With respect to C-c C-d: yes, that the standard dump file 
>functionality. I've had a quick look at the ESS customization 
>group, and I think I found what you want.
>
>What you want to do is something like the following. In your 
>.emacs file
>
>(setq ess-source-directory 
>      '(lambda () (file-name-as-directory
>		   (expand-file-name (concat (car 
>ess-search-list) "/.Src")))))
>
>Alternatively, go through customize and set the variable there 
>(I got the above from the help text on 
>"ess-source-directory"). Give this a whirl and let me know if 
>it works - as it turns out I can't seem to get it to work 
>properly on my WinXP machine.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Andreas
>
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