[ESS] ESS, devtools, and documentation

[Timothy W. Hilton]

Hi Vitalie,

Thanks for your quick response!  I meant that it works when I start R
within my terminal (iTerm2 on my mac), but I just checked and it also
does work when I start R within emacs shell prompt (aka M-x shell)
(transcript below).

Thanks,
Tim

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tim at ucmerced007-206 ~/work/Code/VPRM
  % R
R
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> library(devtools)
library(devtools)
> load_all('VPRM_Rpkg')
load_all('VPRM_Rpkg')
Loading VPRMLandSfcModel
> ?Park_Falls
?Park_Falls
WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
-  (press RETURN)
Park_Falls              package:VPRM_Rpkg              R Documentation

Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA eddy covariance data and MODIS data

Description:

     The dataset Park_Falls contains MODIS observations as well as
     ground-based eddy covariance flux tower data for the Ameriflux
     tall tower located in Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA.  The data span
     the period 1 May 2005 through 31 July 2005.

etc., etc.
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On Thu, Oct 2014, 16 at 09:46:29AM -0700, Vitalie Spinu wrote:
> 
> There should be no difference.
> 
> Do you mean that it works in emacs shell prompt (aka M-x shell)?
> 
>   Vitalie
> 
>  >>> "Timothy W. Hilton" on Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:25:41 -0700 wrote:
> 
>  > Hi,
>  > I'm unable to access documentation for an R package I'm developing while
>  > using devtools within ESS.  Starting R within ESS and attempting to
>  > access some docs that I wrote:
> 
>  > M-x R
>  >> library(devtools)
>  >> load_all('VPRM_Rpckg')
>  >> ?Park_Falls
> 
>  > A message then appears in the minibuffer:
>  > No documentation for ‘Park_Falls’ in specified packages and libraries:
> 
>  > If I start R from the shell prompt the above sequence displays the
>  > documentation for Park_Falls, as expected.
> 
>  > ess-version: 14.09 [svn: 6041 (2014-09-13)] (loaded from /Users/tim/.emacs.d/ess-14.09/)
>  > GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21) of
>  > 2014-10-08 on Timothys-MacBook-Air.local
> 
>  > Any advice much appreciated!  I really love coding in ESS but accessing
>  > my own documentation is pretty important to me as I try to finalize this
>  > package I'm working on.
> 
>  > As always, thanks for making the excellent ESS available to the
>  > community!
> 
>  > best,
>  > Tim
> 
>  > --
> 
>  > Timothy W. Hilton
>  > Assistant Project Scientist
>  > School of Engineering
>  > University of California, Merced
>  > thilton at ucmerced.edu
> 
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