[ESS] .emacs file seems not fully operative since upgrade from 22.3 to 24.3

[Christopher W. Ryan]

I had been running emacs/ess version 22.3, Vince Goulet's modified
version, on WinXP. I am logged onto the machine as user ryanc, and my
.emacs file was (and still is) in C:\Documents and Settings\ryanc. I've
pasted it at the end of this message; it's not all that long.

I recently upgraded to Vince's modified version 23.4. I don't know if
that has any adverse effects on a pre-existing .emacs file, but since
the upgrade I've notice a couple problems:

1. Previously the default directory for creating a new file via C-x C-f
was C:/DATA, which is what I want. I think my .emacs file was
accomplishing that for me. Now, it defaults to C:\Documents and
Settings/ryanc

2. When working in a Sweave .Rnw file, M-n Shift-P would run pdflatex.
Now, I am offered the default command texi2pdf.

3. I did not have auto-fill-mode turned on before. Now, my new emacs
23.4 defaults to auto-fill-mode for any .txt or .Rnw file (and maybe
others too; I haven't explored that far yet.)  When I add

(setq auto-fill-mode 0)

to my .emacs file, it does not seem to have any effect--I still get Fill
mode.

Most other preferences in my .emacs file are working OK (that is,
obeying what I've specified in my .emacs file) in my new emacs 23.4: the
colors are correct, a single space after a period ends a sentence, for
example.

I'd be grateful for any advice how I can remedy these issues.

Thanks.

--Chris
-- 
Christopher W. Ryan, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical Campus at Binghamton
425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY  13904
cryanatbinghamtondotedu



;; Load org-mode
(add-to-list 'load-path "c:/Org/org-7.7/lisp")
(add-to-list 'load-path "c:/Org/org-7.7/contrib/lisp")
(require 'org)

;; The following lines are always needed.  Choose your own keys.
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) ; not needed when
global-font-lock-mode is on
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)


;; Capture
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c r") 'org-capture)
 (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/junknotes.org"))
 (setq org-capture-templates
      '(("t" "Agenda Todo" entry
	 (file+headline "c:/Org/junk1.org" "Agenda")
	 "\n\n** TODO %?\n%T\n\n%i\n%a\n\n\n"
	 :empty-lines 1)

	("n" "Agenda Notes" entry
	 (file "c:/Org/junk1.org")
	 "\n\n** %?\n%T\n%i\n%a\n\n\n"
	 :empty-lines 1)))

;; Insert immediate timestamp
(setq org-agenda-skip-additional-timestamps nil)
(define-key global-map (kbd "<f8>")
  '(lambda () (interactive)
              (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
                    (org-insert-time-stamp nil t t)
                    (insert "\n"))))



;;; This was installed by package-install.el.
;;; This provides support for the package system and
;;; interfacing with ELPA, the package archive.
;;; Move this code earlier if you want to reference
;;; packages in your .emacs.
(when
    (load
     (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/elpa/package.el"))
  (package-initialize))



(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(load-home-init-file t t)
 '(sentence-end-double-space nil)
 '(show-paren-mode t)
 '(text-mode-hook (quote (text-mode-hook-identify)))
 '(transient-mark-mode t))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )

;;to set default font to bitstream vera sans mono
(set-default-font "bitstream vera sans mono")

;;to set foreground color to white
(set-foreground-color "grey90")

;;to set background color to black
(set-background-color "black")

;;to set the cursor color
(set-cursor-color "red")

 ;; do not make backup files
(setq make-backup-files nil)

;; Scroll down with the cursor,move down the buffer one
;; line at a time, instead of in larger amounts.
(setq scroll-step 1)

;; Changes all yes/no questions to y/n type
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)

;; displays the time in the status bar
(display-time)

;; to make yasnippet work
(add-to-list 'load-path
			  "~/.emacs.d/plugins/yasnippet-0.6.1c")
(require 'yasnippet) ;; not yasnippet-bundle
(yas/initialize)
(yas/load-directory "~/.emacs.d/plugins/yasnippet-0.6.1c/snippets")

;; hopefully a function to insert date, without time
(defun insert-time ()
  (interactive)
  (insert (format-time-string "%m-%d-%Y")))

;;so a single space can end a sentence
sentence-end-double-space nil

;; make DATA the default directory when starting emacs
(setq default-directory "C:/DATA" )

;; make ESS use the correct version of R
;; (setq inferior-R-program-name "c:/progra~1/R/R-2.14.1/bin/Rterm.exe")

;; active Babel languages
(org-babel-do-load-languages
 'org-babel-load-languages
 '((R . t)
   (python . t)
   (perl . t)
   ))