[ESS] How to assign function key

[Vitalie Spinu]

>> On Fri, Feb 05 2016 09:21, Patrick Connolly wrote:

> with (define-key ess-mode-map [f7] 'ess-comint-kill-output)
> eval: Symbol's value as variable is void: ess-mode-map


These sort of errors mean that you didn't load ess or comint yet. Assign these
keys after your (load "path/to/ess"). Or if you are using it from melpa and
don't want to load ESS in advance do

(with-eval-after-load "ess-mode"
  (define-key ess-mode-map [f7] 'ess-comint-kill-output)
  ...
  ...
  )


Vitalie