[ESS] Using ESS with S-plus 8.1

[Richard M. Heiberger]

THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH CURRENT ESS!!
We need to repair ESS.

Until the repair is made, what you are wanting to do requires the older ESS.

Please install the older ESS.  I used ESS-5.14.


>From my previous email:

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.

Rich

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Tayler Lawrence Jones
<t.jonesd289 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah ok - thanks for the clarification on cygwin.
>
> When I do run S+6-msdos-existing (with S+ GUI open), select the starting
> folder, and then do C-g to unlock, I end up with this in the S+ buffer:
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> c:\Users\TAYLER~1.JON>
>
> Then, if in my other buffer i have mytest.s, and try to run the line " a <-
> 1" in it (using C-c C-n), I get the following in that *S+* buffer:
> c:\Users\TAYLER~1.JON>a <- 1
> a <- 1
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? It doesn't look like anything is being passed to
> S+. Is this functionality also broken in the current emacs release, or
> should I be seeing something else?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> -Tayler
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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