[ESS] no-readline

[Kasper Daniel Hansen]

But you do not want readline within ESS!? Instead use Emacs to do  
command recall etc. (use M-p, M-n (next, previous).

Kasper



On Sep 9, 2005, at 11:21 PM, John Charles Considine wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I can't seem to get the readline facility in the inferior ESS buffer.
>
> I'm using:
> ESS 5.2.10
> R-2.1.1
> XEmacs 21.5 (beta 18)
> SuSE 9.3
>
> When I start R in a console I get the readline facility, but not  
> within
> XEmacs.
>
> The inferior ESS buffer *R* gives:
>
>> options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient -q')
>>
>
> ...while the ESS buffer output is:
> [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> (R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for
> (R): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*ESS*, start-arg=nil
>  current-prefix-arg=nil
> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--no-readline
> ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=nil,
> comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=S, -dialect=R, buf=nil,
> comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> (inf-ess 1): lang=S, dialect=R, tmp-dialect=R, buf=*ESS*
> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R*
> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/jconsidine/ buf=*R*
> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,
> comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send
> (inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=S, ess-dialect=R buf=*R*
> (inf-ess 2.2): start args = --no-readline ,
> inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline
> (inf-ess finish [S(R), R(nil,nil)]
> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--no-readline , comint-..echoes=nil
> (i-ess 1): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=nil,
> comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
> (i-ess 2): buf=*R*, lang=S, comint..echo=t,
> comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> (ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil,  
> comint..echoes=t,
> comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender
> (i-ess 3): curr-buf=*R*, comint..echo=t,
> comint..sender=inferior-R-input-sender,
> (ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args=--no-readline , comint-echoes=t
> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--no-readline
> Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog R
>  Start File=nil, Args= --no-readline .
> (R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS',  
> editor='gnuclient
> -q')
>
> Thanks,
>
> JC
>
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