[ESS] Using Rterm under Cygwin Emacs, and future Sweave handling extensions.
A.J. Rossini
blindglobe at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 09:14:00 CET 2005
I'm not seeing that problem. However, there was at least one case of
ess-microsoft-p
not flagging being in Microsoft Windows (i.e. we aren't careful about
differentiating between MinGW and Cygwin).
I'll look more into this soon.
On 11/25/05, Frede Aakmann Tøgersen <FredeA.Togersen at agrsci.dk> wrote:
>
> I updated to the recent developement version of ESS in order to check whether the problem that I have had with Cygwins bash shell in Emacs together with ESS. See below for Martin M.'s answer.
>
> Last month I succeeded in finding a solution on the web. The problem seems to be related to the the definition of the R function in the 'essd-r.el' file, where the following code sniplet is included:
>
> (if ess-microsoft-p
> (setq default-process-coding-system '(undecided-dos . undecided-dos)))
>
> When setting the process-coding-system to undecided-dos a newline (^L) is appended to a carriage return <CR> which interferes with Cygwin's normal UNIX behaviour. Cygwin expects only a <CR>.
>
> I have solved this by putting:
>
> (add-to-list 'process-coding-system-alist '("bash" . undecided-unix))
>
> into my .emacs. Whether this is the right way to do it I don't known, but it seems to work in the sense that I can now use Cygwin's bash in a shell buffer at the same time as I use R without any problem observed during the last month.
>
> I will now check if the new version breaks normal Emacs behaviour.
>
> Best regards
>
> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
> Statistics and Decision Theory
> Department of Genetics and Biotechnology
> Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
> P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele,
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> >>>>>> Reply from Martin M.:
>
> Both 'M-x shell' and 'M-x R'
> are based on "comint" , and we do change emacs variables
> with names "comint-...".
>
> However, comint has been designed (AFAIK by making all these
> variables ``buffer-local'') such that you can have several
> comint processes with different settings and shouldn't get
> any problems.
>
> I've never heard of problems like these, and cannot even try to
> reproduce them.
> The two Windows-using ESS developers are now at the joint
> meetings and won't get around to fix your problem easily.
>
> I notice from your e-mail that your emacs stems from "MinGW" and
> your shell from "Cygwin". I've heard that mixing the two does
> lead to problems....
>
> Maybe you ask on ESS-help for advice from users using such
> shells on Windows?
> {ESS-bugs is just gatewayed to the small group of ESS developers}
>
> Regards,
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>
> >>>>> "Frede" == Frede Aakmann Tøgersen <FredeA.Togersen at agrsci.dk>
> >>>>> on Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:30:55 +0200 writes:
>
> Frede> Cygwin bash shell commander not working properly when invoked in a buffer after an inferior R process is startet. Bash works properly if invoked before the R process.
>
> Frede> Using a minimal .emacs as follows:
>
> Frede> ;; ESS
>
> Frede> (add-to-list 'load-path "C:/cygwin/usr/local/ess-svn/lisp")
> Frede> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "C:/cygwin/usr/local/ess-svn/info")
> Frede> (require 'ess-site)
>
> Frede> (setq-default inferior-R-program-name
> Frede> "c:/Programmer/R/rw2011/bin/Rterm.exe") ; msdos systems
>
> Frede> (custom-set-variables
> Frede> ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
> Frede> ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> Frede> ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> Frede> ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> Frede> '(explicit-shell-file-name "bash"))
> Frede> (custom-set-faces
> Frede> ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
> Frede> ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> Frede> ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> Frede> ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> Frede> )
>
>
> Frede> If I start emacs and evoke a shell buffer with M-x shell bash is
> Frede> started in a buffer named *shell* and works properly even if an
> Frede> inferior R process is started with M-x R and R works fine.
>
> Frede> If I first do M-x R and then M-x shell then R works fine but the bash
> Frede> doesn't work at all. To every command line input it says "command not
> Frede> found", e.g. for a <CR>, pwd and ls I see
>
> Frede> bash-3.00$
> Frede> : command not found
> Frede> bash-3.00$ pwd
> Frede> : command not found
> Frede> bash-3.00$ ls
> Frede> : command not found
> Frede> bash-3.00$
>
> Frede> Does ESS overwrites variable definitions that regard to the behaviour of
> Frede> Emacs shell mode and if so which ones?
>
> Frede> Regards
>
> Frede> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
>
>
>
>
> Frede> ----------------------------------------------------
> Frede> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
> Frede> Statistics and Decision Theory
> Frede> Department of Genetics and Biotechnology
> Frede> Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
> Frede> P.O. Box 50
> Frede> DK-8830 Tjele,
> Frede> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Frede> Emacs : GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> Frede> of 2004-07-26 on BERATUNG4
> Frede> Package: ess-mode 5.2.9
>
> Frede> current state:
> Frede> ==============
> Frede> (setq
> Frede> ess-language "S"
> Frede> ess-dialect "R"
> Frede> ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
> Frede> ess-ask-about-transfile nil
> Frede> ess-directory nil
> Frede> ess-keep-dump-files "always"
> Frede> ess-source-directory "/tmp/"
> Frede> )
> Frede> [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> Frede> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> Frede> (R): ess-rterm-versions-create making M-x defuns for c:/program files/r/rw1091/bin/Rterm.exe c:/program files/r/rw2000/bin/Rterm.exe
> Frede> (R): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*scratch*, start-arg=nil
> Frede> current-prefix-arg=nil
> Frede> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--ess
> Frede> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=*scratch*
> Frede> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R*
> Frede> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=c:/Documents and Settings/FAT/My Documents/fat/MyRwork/ buf=*R*
> Frede> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R*
> Frede> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --ess , inf-ess-start-args=--ess
> Frede> (inf-ess finish [S(R), c:/Programmer/R/rw2011/bin/Rterm.exe(nil,nil)]
> Frede> (ess-multi 0): inf-ess-start-args=--ess , comint-..echoes=nil
> Frede> (i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
> Frede> (i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> Frede> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
> Frede> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> Frede> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--ess , comint-echoes=t
> Frede> (ess-multi 1): start-args=--ess
> Frede> Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog c:/Programmer/R/rw2011/bin/Rterm.exe
> Frede> Start File=nil, Args= --ess .
> Frede> (R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient.exe')
>
> Frede> (R): ess-dialect=R, buf=.emacs, start-arg=nil
> Frede> current-prefix-arg=nil
> Frede> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--ess
> Frede> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=.emacs
> Frede> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R:2 temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R:2*
> Frede> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=c:/Documents and Settings/FAT/My Documents/fat/MyRwork/ buf=*R:2*
> Frede> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> Frede> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R:2*
> Frede> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --ess , inf-ess-start-args=--ess
> Frede> (inf-ess finish [S(R), c:/Programmer/R/rw2011/bin/Rterm.exe(R,nil)]
> Frede> (ess-multi 0): inf-ess-start-args=--ess , comint-..echoes=nil
> Frede> (i-ess 1): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
> Frede> (i-ess 2): buf=*R:2*, lang=S, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> Frede> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
> Frede> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R:2*, comint..echo=t, comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> Frede> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--ess , comint-echoes=t
> Frede> (ess-multi 1): start-args=--ess
> Frede> Making Process...Buf *R:2*, Proc R:2, Prog c:/Programmer/R/rw2011/bin/Rterm.exe
> Frede> Start File=nil, Args= --ess .
> Frede> (R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient.exe')
> Frede> ----------------------------------------------------
> Frede> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
> Frede> Afdeling for Genetik og Bioteknologi
> Frede> Danmarks Jordbrugsforskning
> Frede> Postboks 50
> Frede> 8830 Tjele
>
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>
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>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Fra: ess-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch på vegne af A.J. Rossini
> Sendt: to 24-11-2005 18:19
> Til: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Emne: [ESS] Using Rterm under Cygwin Emacs,and future Sweave handling extensions.
>
>
>
> I've check-in a few changes into the SVN repository for using R with
> Cygwin's Emacs. If anyone would like to check (the svn version) to
> make sure it doesn't break normal Emacs/XEmacs under windows before
> the 5.2.12 release, I'd appreciate that.
>
> Also, I've got preliminary code for Sweave ala Duncan Murdoch's
> workflow suggested sometime recently, I can't recall when; hopefully
> it'll be done for the 5.2.12 release.
> (i.e. adds 2 commands: one writes out the output of the R submission
> just past the chunk, i.e.
>
> <<ThisChunk>>=
> MyRCode()
> @
> %% <<ThisChunk>>= time-stamp
> %% MyRCode() output
> %% @
>
> (replace time-stamp with the Emacs time-stamp command). If you are
> wondering about the time-stamp, think "conditional evaluation".
>
> The other command compares the output in a colorful manner via
> ediff-buffers between past and current input and returns true/false.
>
> They definitely need refactoring to "do-the-right-thing".
>
> Thanks to Thomas Gerds at Uni-Freiburg, where I gave a talk last
> Friday, for seeding my brain with ideas, emacs-hints, and ruining what
> was to be a relaxing weekend.
>
> best,
> -tony
>
> blindglobe at gmail.com
> Muttenz, Switzerland.
> "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
> roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
>
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>
--
best,
-tony
blindglobe at gmail.com
Muttenz, Switzerland.
"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
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