[ESS] Problem getting help window to appear within Emacs

[Vitalie Spinu]

What does getOption("help_type") in R says? Set it to "text": 
options(help_type = "text")


It looks like you are running ddeclent (is this how it should be on
cygwin?). I hope Rich can help you better here.


>>>> Munawar Cheema <mcheema at btinternet.com>
>>>> on Fri, 4 May 2012 16:46:14 +0100 wrote:

  > 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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