[ESS] Using ESS with S-plus 8.1

[Richard M. Heiberger]

yes, unfortunately cygwin is not relevant to this problem.

The *S+* must exist and must be running msdos.  You never write to that
window directly.  The ESS commands use that window as an intermediate
in their sending the S+ statements from myfile.s to the S+ GUI.

If you install cygwin and use S+6-existing, then the *S+* window will run
bash, not msdos.  It is still an intermediate in the communication and not
to be used directly.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Tayler Lawrence Jones
<t.jonesd289 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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