[ESS] 'Can't get splus2000 to work with ESS'

[A.J. Rossini]

You are going to have to edit ess-site.el (or move the required line
appropriately).  Look for the set-default lines that look like Windows
paths, to point to the executable.

best,
-tony



On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:23:16 +0100, Fredrik Lundgren
<fredrik.bg.lundgren at bredband.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use Win XP, Xemacs 21.4.13, ESS 5.2.3, and Splus 2000.
> I also use R 2.0.1 which work without problems with ESS. My init.el with
> respect to ESS as seen below. My PATH as seen below.
> 
> I start with loading Xemacs with a scipt 'something.s' and menus ESS and
> Imenu-S shows up OK on Xemacs.
> 
> First I try to start the inferiro S process from the meny
> ESS/Start process/Sqpe
> I get prompted for working directory
> Xemacs responds:
> Searching for program: No such file or directory,
> c:/program~1/insigh~1/splus6/cmd
> which is correct as I've got Sqpe in
> C:\Program\sp2000\cmd
> 
> Next I try with M-x S4
> and is prompted for directory OK
> Xemacs responds:
> Searching for program: No such file or directory, S4
> 
> Next I try with M-x S+4
> Xemacs starts fontifying *S+4*... (takes long time)
> and opens *S+4*, *S+6*, and *S4* in separate windows.
> In *S+4* the output is
> $ c:/progra~1/spls45se/cmd/Splus.exe /MULTIPLEINSTANCES
> S_PRINT_COMMAND=gnuclientw.exe
> S_PROJ=c:\Program\sp2000\users\FL\S-PLUS~2\Dobson
> c:/progra~1/spls45se/cmd/Splus.exe: not found
> $
> Theres is also the $ prompt and when I try
> $ ls()
> the prompt changes to >
> > ls()
> the prompt changes to $
> 
> Evidently my Xemacs/ESS can't find sqpe.exe in
> C:\Program\sp2000\cmd and looks for it in c:/progra~1/spls45se/cmd/
> 
> How do I tweak init.el or whatever so this works?
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> and best wishes
> 
> Fredrik Lundgren
> Norrköping
> Sweden
> 
> Below you will find init.el and path
> 
> part of init.el with respect to ESS
> 
> ...
> ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;;  Lines enabling ess-mode
> 
> ;;  Edit to reflect the location of the ESS icons
> 
>   (setq-default ess-icon-directory
> "C:/Program/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/etc/ess")
> 
> ;;  Make ess available
> 
>   (require 'ess-site)
> 
> ;;  The following expression causes source files
> ;;  to be saved in the subdirectory 'Src' of the directory the ESS
> process
> ;;  was run in
> 
>   (setq ess-source-directory
>  (lambda ()
>    (concat ess-directory "Src/")))
> 
> ;; Note that R also accepts Rd files with extension `rd'; to activate
> ;; ESS[Rd] support for this extension, you may need to add
> 
>      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.rd\\'" . Rd-mode))
> 
> ;; to one of your Emacs startup files.
> 
> ;; To automatically turn on the abbrev and font-lock features of Rd
> ;; mode, add the following lines to one of your Emacs startup files:
> 
>      (add-hook 'Rd-mode-hook
>                (lambda ()
>                 (abbrev-mode 1)
>                 (font-lock-mode 1)))
> 
> ;;  End of line for ess-mode
> ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;;  Line to set the path for S2000
> 
>   (setq ess-SHOME-versions 'splus2000)
> 
> ;;  End of line for the path for S2000
> ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> 
> PATH=
> c:\program\imagemagick-6.1.8-q16;
> C:\Program\TeXLive\bin\win32;
> C:\WINDOWS\system32;
> C:\WINDOWS;
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM;
> C:\Program\Aspell\bin;
> C:\Program\Perl\bin\;
> C:\Documents and Settings\Fredrik Lundgren\Mina dokument\rtools;
> C:\Program\MinGW\bin;
> C:\Program\HTML Help Workshop;
> C:\Program\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;
> C:\Program\R\rw2001\bin;
> C:\Program\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.4.13\i586-pc-win32;
> C:\Program\gnuplot\bin;
> C:\Program\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin;
> C:\Program\sp2000\cmd;
> 
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-- 
best,
-tony

"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).

A.J. Rossini
blindglobe at gmail.com