[ESS] ess, Xemacs, and Rterm crash

[MARK LEEDS]

hi : i followed john fox steps recently and didn't ahve a problem but i'm 
not sure what is happening with yours. the only thing i did notice was that 
you said "site-packages" whereas in mine
it was "emacs-packages". maybe i used a different version of xemacs.  plus, 
i am on windows xp and i'm not sure what you are on. i hope this might help 
a little.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Wolosin" <msw10 at duke.edu>
To: <ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: [ESS] ess, Xemacs, and Rterm crash


> All -
>
> I've been using Xemacs and ESS to run R for a while (2 yrs) in various
> version combinations, after trying to update to R 2.2.1, I couldn't get R
> to run from within e-macs.  After wiping the slate clean to start over, I
> re-installed everything in the following order:
> 1) R version 2.2.1
> 2) Xemacs 21.4.19
> 3) ess 5.2.11, by unzipping files and directory structure into the
> site-packages folder
> 4) John Fox's init.el into the appropriate directory, with changes as 
> necessary
>
> When I start up Xemacs (from a desktop shortcut pointing to "C:\Program
> Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.4.19\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe"), it goes through 
> the
> normal steps, splitting up the window, collecting some garbage, loading
> stuff, telling me to type C-h m for help on ess, etc.
>
> Then I get a Windows popup telling me there has been a Program Error:
> "Rterm.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows.  You will
> need to restart the program.  An error log is being created."
>
> In Xemacs, I get the message "Error in init file.  Process R not running"
> in the mini-buffer, and the following buffers:
> *Warnings* with:
> "(1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading
> c:\Documents and Settings\msw10\.xemacs\init.el:
> Process R is not running.
> To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error
> in your initialization file and remove it.  Use the `-debug-init' option
> to XEmacs to view a complete error backtrace."
>
> *R* with:
> "R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 2.2.1  (2005-12-20 r36812)
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> ... snip ...
> updating HTML package listing
> Process R trace trap at Wed May 24 17:09:43 2006"
>
> *ESS* with:
> "[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
> (Sqpe): ess-sqpe-versions-create making M-x defun splus62 for
> c:/progra~1/Insightful/splus62
> (R): ess-rterm-versions-create making M-x defuns for
> (R): ess-dialect=nil, buf=*scratch*, start-arg=nil
>  current-prefix-arg=nil
> (inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=--ess
> 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=*scratch*
> (inf-ess 1.1): procname=R temp-dialect=R, buf-name=*R*
> (inferior-ess) Method #3 start=c:\mike\workspace\ 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 = --ess  , inf-ess-start-args=--ess
> (inf-ess finish [S(R), C:/Program Files/R/R-2.2.1/bin/Rterm.exe(nil,nil)]
> (ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args=--ess  , 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=--ess  , comint-echoes=t
> (ess-multi 1):  start-args=--ess
> Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog C:/Program 
> Files/R/R-2.2.1/bin/Rterm.exe
>  Start File=nil, Args= --ess  ."
>
> I really can't figure out what's going on.  I can't find the error log
> mentioned by the windows pop-up, and adding -debug-init to the Xemacs call
> doesn't seem to be giving me any clues.  Running rterm.exe from a command
> prompt works as expected.  R version 2.3.0 has the same problem, and so 
> did
> version 2.2.0.  A few times, things ran fine once, directly after
> reinstalling R, but after quitting out of R and xemacs, and running it
> again, it had the same problem.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  This is really frustrating, as it's my primary 
> work
> environment!!
>
> Thanks to all for any ideas,
>
> Mike
>
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