[ESS] Emacs won't start with ESS

[spencerg]

Dear Martin: 


      Thanks very much.  When I did that just now, I got the following: 


           Library is in 
C:\Users\spencerg\Emacs22.3\site-lisp\ess\ess-site.elc


      This raises other questions:  How can I get more information about 
(1) how to find files like this and (2) what their contents should be 
and (3) the difference between *.el and *.elc files? 
    
      Thanks,
      Spencer


Martin Maechler wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 05:11, spencerg<spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:
>   
>>     Is there a way to get that from Emacs?  It clearly knows.
>>     
>
>   
>>  There could
>> be several files by that name on your computer, but Emacs would use (at
>> most) one of them.
>>     
>
> Yes.   M-x locate-library  ess-site
> it will show that it does find with (require 'ess-site).
> Note that this may be ess-site.elc [if existing] rather than ess-site.el.
>
> The "80% of the times"  is puzzling.
>
> Could it be that you start emacs differently, and you get different
> versions of emacs, or at least different "emacs paths"?   The relevant
> info inside emacs is
>
> C-h v  load-path
>
>
> Hoping that helps further (I won't be around e-mail for the rest of
> the weekend though).
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>   
>>     Spencer
>>
>>
>> Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>>     
>>> Yes, you have ess-site.el because it is part of ESS.
>>>
>>> You can ask the system where it is.
>>>
>>> On Windows, open Windows Explorer and search for ess-site.el
>>> on the entire computer.
>>>
>>> On Unix, or Windows with Cygwin, use the emacs command
>>>
>>> M-x find-dired <RET> / <RET> -name ess-site.el <RET>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
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>>>
>>>       
>> --
>> Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
>> President and Chief Operating Officer
>> Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
>> 751 Emerson Ct.
>> San José, CA 95126
>> ph:  408-655-4567
>>
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>>
>>     
>
>   


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567