[ESS] forming completions ... doesn't complete

[Dan Davison]

> I've not seen this.  I wish you could get a backtrace!

A screen's worth of backtrace is below (tell me if I need to capture more 
than this).

> I'm assuming under R and Linux.  What version of Emacs or XEmacs?
Sorry, XEmacs 21.4.17-1 (R and linux version information in original 
email below).

Thanks for any help, and let me know if I can do anything else to 
characterise the problem.

Dan

  # bind (newalist posn index searchlist)
   (let* ((searchlist ...) (index 1) posn newalist) (while searchlist (setq 
posn ...) (setq newalist ...) (setq index ...) (setq searchlist ...)) 
(ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format "ess-get-modtime-list: new alist of 
length %d\n" ...)) (setq ess-sl-modtime-alist newalist))
   ess-get-modtime-list()
   (progn (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer "--> (ess-get-modtime-list)\n") 
(ess-get-modtime-list))
   (if (or (not ess-sl-modtime-alist) ess-sp-change) (progn 
(ess-write-to-dribble-buffer "--> (ess-get-modtime-list)\n") 
(ess-get-modtime-list)) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer " using existing 
ess-*-alist\n"))
   # (unwind-protect ...)
   (save-excursion (set-buffer (process-buffer ...)) 
(ess-make-buffer-current) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format 
"(get-object-list %s) .." name)) (if (or ... ess-sp-change) (progn ... 
...) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer " using existing ess-*-alist\n")) (let* 
(... ... ... result) (setq result ...) (while ... ... ...) (setq 
ess-object-list ...)))
   (or ess-object-list (save-excursion (set-buffer ...) 
(ess-make-buffer-current) (ess-write-to-dribble-buffer ...) (if ... ... 
...) (let* ... ... ... ...)))
   # bind (name)
   ess-get-object-list("R")
   (if classname (ess-slot-names classname) (ess-get-object-list 
ess-current-process-name))
   (if listname (ess-object-names listname) (if classname (ess-slot-names 
classname) (ess-get-object-list ess-current-process-name)))
   # bind (classname listname pattern full-prefix beg buffer-syntax end 
comint-completion-addsuffix)
   (let* ((comint-completion-addsuffix nil) (end ...) (buffer-syntax ...) 
(beg ...) (full-prefix ...) (pattern full-prefix) (listname ...) 
(classname ...) (components ...)) (or (comint-dynamic-simple-complete 
pattern components) (quote none)))
   (if (memq (char-syntax ...) (quote ...)) (let* (... ... ... ... ... ... 
... ... ...) (or ... ...)))
   # bind (listcomp)
   ess-complete-object-name()
   run-hook-with-args-until-success(ess-complete-object-name)
   #<compiled-function nil "...(4)" [run-hook-with-args-until-success 
comint-dynamic-complete-functions] 2 
("/usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/comint.elc" . 
52958) nil>()
   call-interactively(comint-dynamic-complete)
   # (condition-case ... . error)
   # (catch top-level ...)


On 10/9/05, Dan Davison <davison at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Dear ESS-help,
>>
>> For some time, we have noticed a problem with tab-completion in an R
>> process buffer (presumably many people are also aware of this):
>>
>> Sometimes, when performing the first tab-completion of a session, it 
>> freezes with a message in the minibuffer saying "forming completions 
>> for package:methods". Frequently, this does not occur however. The only 
>> solution we have found is to kill the emacs process.
>>
>> Is there a solution/workaround?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> ESS 5.2.10 (and previously with 5.2.7)
>> Debian sarge (and Fedora Core 4.0) linux
>> > version
>>           _
>> platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
>> arch     i386
>> os       linux-gnu
>> system   i386, linux-gnu
>> status
>> major    2
>> minor    1.0
>> year     2005
>> month    04
>> day      18
>> language R
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> ESS-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
>>


> --
> best,
> -tony

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