[ESS] Feature request -- start R automagically

[Vincent Goulet]

Hi Martin,

Le ven. 23 mai à 02:45, Martin Maechler a écrit :

>>>>>> "MM" == Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>>>>    on Fri, 9 May 2008 17:35:56 +0200 writes:
>
>>>>>> "MR" == Mathieu Ribatet <mathieu.ribatet at epfl.ch>
>>>>>>    on Thu, 08 May 2008 17:37:32 +0200 writes:
>
>    MR> Dear list,
>    MR> Will it be possible to add the following request.
>    MR> When running emacs with a R script file (or any other source  
> file) and
>    MR> trying to C-c C-r a region while no R process is running, you  
> get the
>    MR> following message "Process R is not running".
>
>    MR> I think it may be convenient if then ESS propose you to  
> launch a new R
>    MR> process.
>
>    MM> I agree, and I had added this feature already a few months ago
>    MM> in a different context (Sweave editing) on 2007-05-03
>    MM> { according to lisp/Changelog }.
>
>    MM> I hope to find time to hack this during the prolonged  
> Pentecoste
>    MM> weekend.
>
> and I did not have time then,
> but last night.
>
> I've commited a change to ESS' development version
> which automatically starts R  if
> - you are editing an S language buffer [ ess-language is "S" ]
>  which should be the case for all R source files
> - if your buffer has no associated ess process.

Shouldn't it be "if there is no *running* ess process" ?

Vincent

>
>
> Consequently, this feature will be in ESS 5.3.8
>
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>
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