[ESS] "An indirect buffer cannot visit a file."

[Kevin Wright]

Thanks Vitalie. I confirm your suggestion.  The following line removes
'extra' polymode buffers in the Buffer List when using ibuffer.

(add-to-list 'ibuffer-never-show-predicates "\\.?md\\[.*\\]")

Kevin Wright


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am not using ibuffer, but I guess you can do it in one blow with
> `\\..?md\\[.*\\]`.
>
> >> On Mon, Mar 21 2016 11:32, Kevin Wright wrote:
>
> > Incidentally, if you use ibuffer, you can remove the extra appearance of
> > .Rd files in the Buffer List with this:
>
> >   (add-to-list 'ibuffer-never-show-predicates "\\.Rmd\\[r\\]")
> >   (add-to-list 'ibuffer-never-show-predicates
> "\\.Rmd\\[poly-head-tail\\]")
>
> >   (add-to-list 'ibuffer-never-show-predicates "\\.Rmd\\[fundamental\\]")
>
> > Kevin
>
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh using temple.edu>
> > wrote:
>
> >> I see this in the examples section of .Rd files.
> >>
> >> The .Rd file appears in *Buffer List* twice, once as ESS[S] [none] and
> >> once as Rd.
> >>
> >> A related consequence is that when I quit C-x C-c an Rd file,
> >> while the cursor is in the examples section, the quit doesn't work and
> also
> >> doesn't give a warning.
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Brian Hobbs <
> rebdh using channing.harvard.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I noticed this peculiarity myself a few months ago. It does seem to
> only
> >> > occur in code chunks, so I have adapted to only saving buffers to new
> >> names
> >> > when in the latex or markdown sections of a document (and not in R
> code
> >> > chunks).
> >> >
> >> > Brian
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Stephen Eglen <sje30 using cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I wonder: does it happen when you are in a code chunk, but works ok
> when
> >> >> you are in a latex chunk?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Mar 18 2016, Christopher W. Ryan wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Sometimes when editing an .Rnw file, working with R, Sweave, and
> >> >> > emacs, I want to save my current buffer under some other file name
> >> >> > than the file it came from, and sometimes I will get this error
> >> >> > message:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "An indirect buffer cannot visit a file."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have not yet found a patter as to the conditions under which this
> >> >> > error message pops up.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm having a hard time understanding indirect buffers, but I've
> never
> >> >> > intentionally used or created one. I don't anticipate I will ever
> have
> >> >> > a need to. I don't know how a particular buffer becomes an indirect
> >> >> > buffer. Is there an indication somewhere, perhaps in the status
> bar,
> >> >> > that a buffer is an indirect one? And is there a way to turn an
> >> >> > indirect buffer back into a "regular" buffer?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --Chris Ryan
> >> >> >
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Kevin Wright

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