[ESS] Problem installing ESS

[chen jia]

Hi there,

I am using GNU emacs 22.1.1 on a Unix server. I am trying to upgrade
my ESS from 5.3.5 to newer versions.

I am not an administrator. So, I follow instruction on
http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/ess.html#Installation to create a
folder ~/Essdir in my home folder, and extract the file into this
folder.

Last, without changing anything in ess-site.el, I add line (load
"~/Essdir/ess-VERSION/lisp/ess-site") to file ~/.emacs.

I tried both ESS5.5 and ESS5.8 and get the following error message
when I try to start SAS with M-x SAS in emacs.

"No ESS processes running; not yet implemented to start (SAS,SAS)"

When I use ESS5.3.5 by using line (load
"~/Essdir/ess-5.3.5/lisp/ess-site") in ~/.emacs, I can start SAS
successfully by using "M-x SAS", but I can see any output in buffer
*SAS.lst*, which is the reason that I want to upgrade ESS.

What's wrong with my installation? Can anyone help me install newer
version of ESS correctly?

I do see *ESS* buffer when I start emacs. The output in *ESS* buffer
after I start SAS with "M-x SAS" is as follows,

[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
[ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
(S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for

(R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for

[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil
[ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil
(S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for

(R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for

(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comin\
t-simple-send
(ess-mode-1): ess-language=SAS, ess-dialect=SAS buf=weekly_returns.sas
(ess-mode-1.5): alist=((ess-local-customize-alist quote
SAS-customize-alist) (ess-language . SAS) (\
ess-dialect . SAS) (ess-mode-editing-alist . SAS-editing-alist)
(ess-mode-syntax-table . SAS-syntax\
-table) (inferior-ess-program . inferior-SAS-program-name)
(ess-help-sec-regex . ^[A-Z. ---]+:$) (e\
ss-help-sec-keys-alist .  ) (ess-object-name-db-file .
ess-sas-namedb.el) (inferior-ess-objects-com\
mand . objects(%d)) (inferior-ess-help-command . help("%s",pager="cat",window=F)
) (inferior-ess-exit-command . endsas;
) (ess-loop-timeout . 500000) (inferior-ess-primary-prompt . ^)
(inferior-ess-secondary-prompt . ^)\
 (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields . t)
(inferior-ess-start-file) (inferior-ess-start-arg\
s . inferior-SAS-args-temp) (inferior-ess-font-lock-keywords .
SAS-mode-font-lock-keywords) (ess-lo\
cal-process-name))
(ess-mode-1.6): editing-alist=((sentence-end . ;[
 */]*) (paragraph-start . ^[    ]*$) (paragraph-separate . ^[   ]*$)
(paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix \
. t) (adaptive-fill-mode) (indent-line-function quote sas-indent-line)
(require-final-newline . t) \
(comment-start . /*) (comment-start-skip . /[*]) (comment-end . */)
(comment-end-skip . [*]/) (comm\
ent-column . 40) (parse-sexp-ignore-comments . t) (ess-style .
ess-default-style) (ess-local-proces\
s-name) (tab-stop-list . ess-sas-tab-stop-list) (ess-mode-syntax-table
. SAS-syntax-table) (font-lo\
ck-keywords-case-fold-search . t) (font-lock-defaults quote
(SAS-mode-font-lock-keywords)))
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comin\
t-simple-send

Finished setting up ESS-mode.
(SAS): ess-dial=SAS, temp-dial=SAS
(ess-SAS-pre-run-hook 1): ess-lang=SAS, ess-dialect=SAS,
temp-dialect=SAS, buf=weekly_returns.sas
(inferior-ess 0): ess-start-args=nil
ess-setq-vars-default 0: ess-language=Initial, -dialect=nil, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..s\
ender=comint-simple-send
ess-setq-vars-default 1: ess-language=SAS, -dialect=SAS, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sende\
r=comint-simple-send
(inf-ess 1): lang=SAS, dialect=SAS, tmp-dialect=SAS, buf=*SAS.log*
(inf-ess 1.1): procname=SAS temp-dialect=SAS, buf-name=*SAS*
(inferior-ess) Method #3 start=/home/osu/chenj/ buf=*SAS*
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comin\
t-simple-send
(inf-ess 2.1): ess-language=SAS, ess-dialect=SAS buf=*SAS*
(inf-ess 2.2): start args = nil, inf-ess-start-args= /dev/pts/59
/dev/pts/25 -stdio -linesize 80 -n\
oovp -nosyntaxcheck
(inf-ess finish [SAS(SAS),
/home/osu/chenj/Essdir/ess-5.5/etc/ess-sas-sh-command(nil,nil)]
(ess-multi 0):  inf-ess-start-args= /dev/pts/59 /dev/pts/25 -stdio
-linesize 80 -noovp -nosyntaxche\
ck, comint-..echoes=nil
(i-ess 1): buf=*SAS*, lang=SAS, comint..echo=nil,
comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
(i-ess 2): buf=*SAS*, lang=SAS, comint..echo=nil,
comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL): language=SAS, dialect=SAS, buf=nil,
comint..echoes=nil, comint..sender=comin\
t-simple-send
(i-ess 3): curr-buf=*SAS*, comint..echo=nil, comint..sender=comint-simple-send,
(ess-multi post inf-ess: start-args= /dev/pts/59 /dev/pts/25 -stdio
-linesize 80 -noovp -nosyntaxch\
eck, comint-echoes=nil
(ess-multi 1):  start-args= /dev/pts/59 /dev/pts/25 -stdio -linesize
80 -noovp -nosyntaxcheck
Making Process...Buf *SAS*, Proc SAS, Prog
/home/osu/chenj/Essdir/ess-5.5/etc/ess-sas-sh-command
 Start File=nil, Args=  /dev/pts/59 /dev/pts/25 -stdio -linesize 80
-noovp -nosyntaxcheck.
get-ess-process: process 'SAS' not running .. restart proc SAS for
language SAS (buf *SAS*)
 ..start-process-specific: lang:dialect= SAS:SAS, current-buf=*SAS*

Thanks,

Best,
Jia