[ESS] Error loading R mode

[Lucas Holland]

I’ve added 

(add-to-list 'load-path "/Users/lucas/.emacs.d/ess-dev/lisp")
(load "ess-site.el“)

to my init.el. I still get the same error when trying to load R-mode though. 

Am 27.06.2014 um 13:40 schrieb Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com>:

> 
> Just do
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/ESS/lisp/")
> (load "ess-site.el")
> 
> 
>  Vitalie
> 
> 
>>>> Lucas Holland on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:22:44 +0200 wrote:
> 
>> Hello Vitalie,
>> thanks for your reply. I’m not aware of the emacs version I used to compile
>> it. I simply followed the instructions, adjusting the Makeconf so it points to
>> the emacs I use (i. e. the one in the /Applications) directory.
> 
>> How do I go about loading ESS from source directly (sorry, I’m quite new to the world of emacs)?
> 
>> Thanks again!
> 
>> Lucas
>> Am 27.06.2014 um 13:16 schrieb Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com>:
> 
>>> 
>>> This is one of those gost errors that people report
>>> sometimes. with-silent-modifications is there but the errors says it is
>>> not. It is usually caused by some sort of mismatch of emacs version
>>> during compilations. Have you compiled your ess with an older version of
>>> emacs? Try loading ESS from sourse directly.
>>> 
>>> Vitalie
>>> 
>>>>>> Lucas Holland on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:34:13 +0200 wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>>> I’ve just installed the latest version of ESS from github (14.05, the
>>>> same problem occurs with the version currently available for download
>>>> on the website).
>>> 
>>>> However when I try to switch into R mode via M-x R-mode I get an
>>>> arrow and it seems to go into S mode instead. Here’s the error I get:
>>> 
>>>> ess-bp-recreate-all: Invalid function: with-silent-modifications
>>> 
>>>> C-h f with-silent-modifications gives me
>>> 
>>>> with-silent-modifications is a Lisp macro in `subr.el'.
>>> 
>>>> and some description text. 
>>> 
>>>> I’m running the following Emacs version:
>>> 
>>>> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2013-03-13 on bob.porkrind.org
>>> 
>>>> I’ve seen this error being asked about before but in that case using
>>>> the latest ess version seems to have fixed it whereas that’s not the
>>>> case for me.
>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>> 
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