[ESS] Problem getting help window to appear within Emacs

Munawar Cheema mcheema at btinternet.com
Fri May 4 17:46:14 CEST 2012


Ali, It is already set to nil.
I didn't mention the first time I type ?ls I get a beep and only on the
second and subsequent attempts do I get a pop up GUI window.

Here is some gobbledegook I get out in the *ESS* buffer if it helps.

Making Process...Buf *R*, Proc R, Prog C:/Program
Files/R/R-2.14.2/bin/i386/Rterm.exe
 Start File=nil, Args= --ess  .
(ess-multi 2): waiting for process to start (before hook)*ddeclient-p:
ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'(ess-multi 2): waiting for process after
hook(R): inferior-ess-language-start=options(STERM='iESS',
str.dendrogram.last ="'", editor='gnuclient.exe')
*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'(R): version (2.14.2)
*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'resetting completion to
'ess-R-complete-object-name*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is
'R'*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name
is 'R'*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'(ess-setq-vars-LOCAL):
language=S, dialect=R, buf=nil, comint..echoes=nil,
comint..sender=comint-simple-send
*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'(ess-help: error-buffer
'*help[R](ls)*' nodocs (1 1)
*ddeclient-p: ess-loc-proc-name is 'R'

Best Regards
Munawar Cheema





On 04/05/2012 15:50, Ali Tofigh wrote:
> have you tried setting the variable ess-help-own-frame to nil?
>
> /ali
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Munawar Cheema <mcheema at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I am struggling to figure out why I can't get my help window in an emacs
>> frame/window.  I have used earlier versions of ESS and R without any
>> trouble but just came back after a hiatus and embarrassingly can't
>> figure out this seemingly trivial problem.
>>
>> I first start emacs -Q
>> then Eval: (require 'ess-site)
>> M-x R
>> After this I then enter a command such as ?ls or help(ls) will pop up a
>> window in the Window Manager and not in emacs.  How can I get the window
>> to appear in emacs instead?  I have tried searching for an answer
>> without luck so I am asking the list.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Munawar Cheema
>>
>> Version Information
>> OS: Windows 7 64-bit with  Cygwin
>> ESS 12.04 and R 2.14.2
>> GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
>>  of 2012-02-04 on MARVIN
>>
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