[ESS] recognizing R-alpha with ESS

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "MWK" == Mark W Kimpel <mwkimpel at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:02:27 -0400 writes:

    MWK> Martin,
    MWK> I have R-alpha in my ~/R_HOME and a link to it in my ~/bin. R-alpha is 
    MWK> invokable using ./R-alpha from either directory from
    MWK> bash. 

but is your "~/bin" in your PATH -- or more importantly in the
PATH your emacs is using ?

  Try  C-h v  exec-path

The code I provided (or the automatic searching that Stephen
mentioned) relies on finding the corresponding executable in the 
path.

Martin

    MWK> I put your code in my .emacs file. ESS, however, is
    MWK> either still not seeing R-alpha or I am not using it
    MWK> properly. From the ESS menu within Emacs, under "Start
    MWK> Process" I have R and Other -> R-newest. Both invoke
    MWK> R-2.6.1, also on my PATH.

    MWK> What am I doing wrong?

    MWK> Mark

    MWK> Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
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    MWK> Martin Maechler wrote:
    >>>>>>> "MWK" == Mark W Kimpel <mwkimpel at gmail.com>
    >>>>>>> on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:17:41 -0400 writes:
    >> 
    MWK> I just compiled R-alpha and put it on my PATH (Ubuntu). ESS is not 
    MWK> recognizing it as newest or devel or anything else.
    >> 
    MWK> Do I need to rename it?
    >> 
    >> Yes, or (rather)
    >> put the following somewhere in your emacs start up code
    >> (e.g. ~/.emacs):
    >> 
    >> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
    >> 
    >> ;;; R-patched and R-devel are now autocreated from ESS :
    >> 
    >> ;; but these are not :
    >> (defun R-beta (&optional start-args)
    >> "Call the current beta version of R (using ESS)."
    >> (interactive "P") (let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-beta")) (R start-args)))
    >> (defun R-alpha (&optional start-args)
    >> "Call the current alpha version of R (using ESS)."
    >> (interactive "P") (let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-alpha")) (R start-args)))
    >> (defun R-rc (&optional start-args)
    >> "Call the current rc (Release Candidate) version of R (using ESS)."
    >> (interactive "P") (let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-rc")) (R start-args)))
    >> (defun R-pre-rel (&optional start-args)
    >> "Call the current Pre-rel(ease) version of R (using ESS)."
    >> (interactive "P") (let ((inferior-R-program-name "R-pre-rel")) (R start-args)))
    >> 
    >> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
    >> 
    >> which is from our group's  ~/.emacs equivalent.
    >> 
    >> Regards,
    >> Martin
    >> 
    MWK> Mark
    MWK> -- 
    >> 
    MWK> Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
    MWK> Indiana University School of Medicine
    >> 
    MWK> 15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074
    >> 
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    MWK> (317) 204-4202 Home (no voice mail please)
    >> 
    MWK> mwkimpel<at>gmail<dot>com
    >> 
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