[ESS] ess-display-help-on-object: Text is read-only

[Georg Otto]

On 10/12/14 00:05, Vitalie Spinu wrote:
> Please `M-x toggle-debug-on-error` and paste the backtrace.

Thanks a lot for looking into this!


When I type `M-x toggle-debug-on-error`

I get the message:

> Debug on Error enabled globally


When I enter in R

> ?sort

I get the message:

ess-display-help-on-object: Text is read-only

When I enter

> C-c C-d C-d

it returns:

> Debug on Error enabled globallyForming completions for .GlobalEnv...done
> Forming completions for ESSR...done
> Forming completions for package:stats...done
> Forming completions for package:graphics...done
> Forming completions for package:grDevices...done
> Forming completions for package:utils...done
> Forming completions for package:datasets...done
> Forming completions for package:methods...done
> Forming completions for Autoloads...done
> Forming completions for package:base...done

I see a list of functions, but eg. going with the cursor to runif and
using enter results in

> ess-display-help-on-object: Text is read-only
> Mark set [2 times]
Best wishes,

Georg

>
> Does C-c C-d C-d work as expected?
>
>
>   Vitalie
>
>  >>> Georg Otto on Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:39:24 +0000 wrote:
>
>  > Dear all,
>  > since upgrading my emacs and ess the help function does not work
>  > anymore. When I try
>
>  >> help(sort)
>
>  > no help page is shown and I receive the message:
>
>  > ess-display-help-on-object: Text is read-only
>
>  > My emacs version is: 24.3.1
>  > My ess version is: 14.1x [elpa: 20141024.1610]
>
>  > Any idea what is going on?
>
>  > Best wishes,
>
>  > Georg