[ESS] Using ESS with S-plus 8.1

[Tayler Lawrence Jones]

My installs are in standard locations.

I see now that I am able to unlock after running M-x S+6-msdos-existing. I
end up with dos command prompt running in the *S+* buffer that is created.

Per your suggestion, I will try out ESS 5.14 for my needs.
I am also installing cygwin, but it is now my understanding that it will
not help with getting S+ running correctly in emacs.

Sorry for not cc'ing the list earlier (and for accidentally sending that
last e-mail prematurely).

Thanks,
Tayler

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu> wrote:

> The etiquette of this list is to stay on the list.  I am ccing the
> reply to the list.
>
> On my 64-bit Windows 8.1 with ESS 13.09-2
>
> inferior-S+-program-name
> "c:/PROGRA~2/TIBCO/splus82/cmd/Splus"
>
> inferior-S-program-name
> "Splus"
>
> M-x S on Windows doesn't work with current ESS.  That is part of what
> we need to repair.
>
>
> Do you have your S-Plus in a non-standard location?
>
> If you get a message about sh, that means you don't have cygwin on your
> system.
> In that case you need to use
> M-x S+6-msdos-existing
> It still won't work with current ESS for talking to the S-Plus (S+) GUI.
> It doesn't crash.  It just locks up emacs.  Use C-g a few times to unlock
> it.
>
> Until the repair is made, you will have to use an older ESS.
> You can get the older ESS from the site
> http://ess.r-project.org
> click on the Download tab, and then on the archive link.
>
> As I wrote yesterday, ESS 5.14 works in your situation.
>
> M-x Sqpe opens an *S+* buffer in iESS mode.  It has a running S+ in it.
> You can type directly or you can use C-x C-n commands from your myfile.s
> in ESS[S] mode.
>
> Rich
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Tayler Lawrence Jones
> <t.jonesd289 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the insight Richard!
> >
> > When I run M-x Sqpe, a *S+* buffer does open, but it does not have an S+
> > process; it just appears to be a mode-less text editing buffer.
> >
> > I did receive this error:
> > S+: The emacs variable `inferior-S+-program-name' does
> > not point to S-Plus 6 or 7 or 8.  Please add `splus[678]?/cmd' (expand
> the
> > `[678]?' to match your setup) to your `exec-path' or specify the complete
> > path to `Splus.exe' in the variable `inferior-S+-program-name' in your
> > `.emacs' file.
> >
> > So I made that edit to my .emacs (before I had just been setting
> > 'inferior-S-program-name", without the "+"). Now when I try M-x S, I get
> > this error:
> > "apply: Searching for program: permission denied, sh". I am the only
> user on
> > this computer and have full permissions, so I don't know why I would get
> > this error.
> >
> > M-x S+6msdoes-existing still leads to a hang up and crash.
> >
> >
> > I will keep playing around to try and get this to work... I know there
> must
> > be a way!
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am now at home on a Windows 8 machine.
> >>
> >> M-x Sqpe with current ESS starts S+ correctly.
> >> There is a nuisance behavior.  You must manually switch to the *S+*
> >> buffer.
> >>
> >> M-x S-existing in current ESS is not working.  I don't understand why,
> >> but I have a workaround.
> >>
> >> Back up to an old ESS.  I used 5.14.
> >> Then M-x S+6-msdos-existing has the anticipated behavior.
> >> It talks to the already running S+ 8.2 GUI process.
> >>
> >> The specific behavior that is wrong is that the current ESS opens *S+*
> in
> >> iESS
> >> mode.  For the purpose of talking to an S+ GUI, the correct behavior is
> to
> >> open *S* in ddeESS mode.
> >>
> >> I will report back to the ESS-help list once we figure this out and
> repair
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> > It works fine for me.
> >> >
> >> > I just did M-x Sqpe on a vista system and all is well.
> >> >
> >> > I will try again at home with Windows 7 and 8.  I expect that it will
> >> > work.
> >> >
> >> > M-x S+6-existing has been giving me problems for a while.  My solution
> >> > is to use M-x Sqpe
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Tayler Lawrence Jones
> >> > <t.jonesd289 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Hello all,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm working on a project that is in S+ 8.1, and I am using Windows 7
> >> >> with
> >> >> the latest packaged ESS from Vincent. The folder to splus.exe and
> >> >> sqpe.exe
> >> >> is in PATH.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there anyway to get that version of S+ running in ESS?
> >> >> R works no problem. S+, however, is nothing but trouble.
> >> >>
> >> >> M-x S tells me to run from icon, then use M-x S-existing.
> >> >> Doing so with M-x S-existing causes emacs to hang up and crash.
> >> >> M-x Sqpe lets me select a starting directory, but then gives the
> error
> >> >> 'spawning child process: invalid argument' and nothing happens.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have tried adding these lines of code to my .emacs file (based on
> >> >> some
> >> >> outdated mailing list threads), but the result is the same:
> >> >>
> >> >> (require 'ess-site)(setq-default inferior-S-program-name "C://Program
> >> >> Files (x86)//TIBCO//splus81//cmd//SPLUS.exe")(setq-default
> >> >> inferior-Sqpe-program-name "C://Program Files
> >> >> (x86)//TIBCO//splus81//cmd//sqpe.exe")
> >> >>
> >> >> Note: I have tried with single slashes as well.
> >> >>
> >> >> I get the same result if I do S+6, Sqpe+6, etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> Does anyone know if this is even possible? I am an emacs fiend, so it
> >> >> drives me crazy that S+ won't work in ESS for me.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for any help!
> >> >>
> >> >> PS - I am in the process of porting the code to R, but it needs to be
> >> >> utilized in the interim. So, unfortunately, just using R is not an
> >> >> option
> >> >> right now.
> >> >>
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