[ESS] Problem getting help window to appear within Emacs

[Munawar Cheema]

Ali,
Thanks for the pager tip.  I couldn't get it to work with cat but
pager="console" works like a charm.
So the issue is resolved.

Vitalie
Thanks for all the quick feedback much appreciate.

On 04/05/2012 17:19, Ali Tofigh wrote:
> i'm not on cygwin, but i did have a problem with the help buffer
> myself not long ago. for me, the solution was to set the the pager
> option to 'cat': option(pager="cat"). I don't know if that will help
> you in your setup.
>
> /ali
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Munawar Cheema <mcheema at btinternet.com> 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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