[ESS] Very confused: Mx-R now running whole script rather than starting R

[Matthew Keller]

It won't start R...

But don't spend more time worrying about it. I've figured out that it
was trying to read some history file and was unable to do so... I
finally got an error message about it. Changing the starting directory
when R opened solved the problem.

Matt

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at mcw.edu> wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 10:08 AM, Matthew Keller wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been using R remotely on servers for years, but suddenly its
>> behavior has changed and I have no idea why. Can some kind soul out
>> there help me out?
>>
>> What I typically do:
>>
>> Using a terminal, login to server remotely using -X
>> ssh -XCmyname at login.server.edu
>>
>> Now open an R script in emacs:
>> emacs script.R&
>>
>> Now from within that x-window, open a new window:
>> C-x 5 2
>>
>> Now start R in that new window:
>> M-x R
>>
>> The two windows are linked, and I run commands in the script.R window
>> and they are run in the R buffer.
>>
>> However, now when I do "M-x R", R starts but begins running the entire
>> script.R, at which point I have to shut down R. In essence, I can no
>> longer use R in this way. I'm forced to cutting and pasting from an
>> emacs window into an R session running in terminal - horrible!!
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas of what might have changed? I don't have
>> much control over what they've installed on the server, and trying to
>> get a response from them can take a long time.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Matt
>
>
> Hi Matt:
>
> Well, this is no deep insight...  What happens if you start R first
> and then open your script?
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> Sr. Biostatistician               http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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Matthew C Keller
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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