[ESS] back/forwardslash incompatability

[A.J. Rossini]

Ah...  I see the problem.  It's an XEmacs bug, trying to be smart.  ARGH.

There might be a flag for this in XEmacs, and we'll look at it, but at
this point, sorry, thanks for the bug report.  (D*MN, one more fix
needed...).

best,
-tony


On 7/21/05, tim downie <timbodownie2004 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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-- 
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