[ESS] setting variables

[Stephen Eglen]

Hi Terry, 


> I've recently updated my system to a new release of Ubuntu and my prior
> .emacs file does not seem to work with ESS.

alwasys useful to tell us versions of relevant programs,
e.g. Emacs/ESS/Ubuntu; and how have you installed ESS - through apt-get?


>  In reading the documentation I noticed bragging about addition of electric
> braces.  As a (fairly fast) touch typist I find electric anything to be a
> major PITA (2/3 of my customization for C mode is devoted to turning off 9
> different electrics).  Is there a standard way to do this for ESS?


which do you want to switch off?  the code you sentalready switched off
the number 1 electric key : _ for <- 

Stephen