[ESS] ess-mode: Wrong type argument: syntax-table-p, nil
Stephen Eglen
S.J.Eglen at damtp.cam.ac.uk
Sat Feb 25 09:42:07 CET 2006
Dear Leon,
As Tony said below, ess-mode is the wrapper for several functions, so
the fact that it put the ESS menubar up is just that it got that far
before the code broke. ess-mode should not be used, and hence I have
made it non-interactive in the next release. (i.e. you won't be able
to type M-x ess-mode.) The preferred behaviour is just to use things
like M-x R-mode if the buffer name is not appropriate (e.g. .R).
Stephen
> ess-mode is a universal initializer for R-mode, S-mode, Stata-mode,
> XLispStat mode, etc. Without proper variables being set, it's
> useless by itself.
>
> Stephen had proposed making it a non-interactive function, which would
> probably be a good idea. It should be fixed in the next release or
> two.
> > I see your point. I'm configuring the installation so that other users
> > can readily run ess. I found it strange because although 'M-x
> > ess-mode' gives error, the 'ess' menu is properly installed. I can
> > start the R process from it. This makes me question is it nessary to
> > produce such an error?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Leon
> >
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>
> --
> best,
> -tony
>
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> Muttenz, Switzerland.
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> roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
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