[ESS] xemacs - ess problem [FWD]

[Rodney Sparapani]

Jordan Golinkoff wrote:

> Dear Dr. Maechler,
> 
>         I am trying to install xemacs and ess on my new maching
> running windows XP (i had this running on my old machine).  i've
> downloaded and installed xemacs and R 2.6.2.  i've unzipped ess 5.3.6
> into the C:\Program Files\XEmacs\site-packages directory.  i've
> updated the init.el file with the appropriate path to the rterm.exe
> file.  finally, i added the path to the directory with the .xemacs
> folder to my PATH environment variable.  when i run xemacs from its
> shortcut, the following error pops up on the bottom buffer:
> 
> (1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading
> c:\Documents and Settings\jordan.golinkoff\.xemacs\init.el:
> 
> Cannot open load file: browse-url
> 
> 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.
> 
> i'm not sure what's going on here and i've tried just about everything
> I could think of including using the -debug -init option which is not
> very informative.   i'm sorry to bother you with this but i've grown
> accustomed to using Xemacs to run my R scripts and to code in.  I
> really appreciate your taking the time to develop this software tool.
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jordan Golinkoff

Hi Jordan:

Did you install the xemacs packages?  ESS requires that you install the 
sumo (all of them).

Rodney