[ESS] back/forwardslash incompatability

[tim downie]

Thanks for the quick response, but the problem is that
xemacs is naming the buffer using single "\"s.
I'm just typing in C-c C-l, so there is no
direct way of using a double backslash.

How do I tell emacs to either use / or to use \\
instead?

Tim



--- "A.J. Rossini" <blindglobe at gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to use "\\"
>  ("\" is an escape code on every OS, "\\" = \ 
> (escaping the escape).
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
> 
> On 7/21/05, tim downie <timbodownie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've used R within ESS (on Xemacs) for several
> years
> > on Linux, and have now installed on windows NT.
> > 
> > There seems to be a problem when sourcing a file
> > using C-c C-l in that emacs insists on using \ to
> > delimit directories, but the Rterm shell
> interprets
> > this as an escape eg. \test turns into [tab]est
> etc.
> > The error message is "cannot open file" as the
> wrong
> > filename is submitted.
> > 
> > I've searched available documentation & help sites
> > but I can't seem to find any other mention of the
> > problem.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Tim
> > 
> > ______________________________________________
> > ESS-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 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
> 



		
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