[ESS] Buffer *ESS*?

[A.J. Rossini]

We've had cases in the past where debugging required information prior
to starting any form of inferior processes (i.e.
R/S-PLUS/XLispStat/Stata/SAS).

Hence the creation and content addition upon load.

best,
-tony

On 3/14/06, Leon <sdl.web at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you. I know this is trivial. When I first installed ess I'm
> quite confused by this *ESS*.
>
> I think it will be more reasonable to have the *ESS* buffer when user
> has started an session be it R/SAS etc.
>
> "A.J. Rossini" <blindglobe at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > It's our debugging/logging buffer.  If things break, we might ask for
> > it, then you send it, and ideally, then we fix it.
> >
> > On 3/13/06, Leon <sdl.web at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> When I have "(require 'ess-site)" in my ~/.emacs, I get an extra
> >> buffer named "*ESS*" even though I have not started any ESS
> >> session. The buffer has these lines:
> >> ,---------------[ buffer: *ESS* ]
> >> | [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> >> | [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> >> | (S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for (R):
> >> | ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> I don't know what's the use of this buffer. Shouldn't it be present when
> >> user has actually started a session?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> --
> >> Leon
> >>
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>
> --
> Leon
>
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best,
-tony

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