[ESS] Problem with preview of Rd files
Martin Fink
martinfink at gmx.at
Wed Jan 18 01:00:53 CET 2012
Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen <at> damtp.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> A couple of things to check.
> 1. when in the .Rd buffer, what does the following give?
> C-h v buffer-file-name
>
> 2. From a shell, can you try something like
> R CMD Rd2txt "c:/Users...-package.Rd"
>
> Stephen
Hi Stephen
I have the same problem as David.
I am using the latest version Vince Goulet's distribution on Windows
(GNU Emacs 23.3; ESS 5.14). (I also had the same result with XEmacs.)
2) When I use the shell R CMD... I get the expected output.
1) When in the .Rd buffer I request the buffer-file-name I get:
buffer-file-name is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is "d:/xyz/man/Helpfile.Rd"
Local in buffer Helpfile.Rd; global value is nil
Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
This variable is potentially risky when used as a file local variable.
Documentation:
Name of file visited in current buffer, or nil if not visiting a file.
This means I get the correct (working) filename in the buffer,
but still an error when I try to preview the help file.
Thanks for your help in advance
Martin
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