[ESS] M-x R pointing to most recent installed version of R?

[Stephen Eglen]

hi Joseph,

As well as what Richard suggests,

try M-x R-newest
or check the menu "ESS -> Start Process -> Other" to see what other R
versions Emacs found on startup.

Stephen


On Mon, Oct 31 2016, Richard M. Heiberger wrote:

> most likely all that is needed is to close emacs and reopen emacs.
> that makes ESS search
> the computer for all instances of R.
>
> As of a few weeks ago, 3.3.2 was scheduled for release tomorrow Oct
> 31.  You might want
> to wait so as to go through this nuisance only once.
>
> Rich
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Joseph Rigdon <jrigdon using stanford.edu> wrote:
>> On my Macbook (OS X Yosemite), I recently downloaded R version 3.3.1 and now when I type M-x R into Emacs, the R version that loads is still R version 3.2.2 (not 3.3.1).
>>
>> FYI, here is what my .Emacs file looks like:
>>
>> (custom-set-variables
>>  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
>>  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>>  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>>  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>>  '(inferior-R-program-name "R"))
>> (custom-set-faces
>>  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>>  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>>  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>>  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>>  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "White" :foreground "Black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 160 :width normal :foundry "nil" :family "Menlo")))))
>>
>> (setenv "PATH" (concat (getenv "PATH") ":/usr/bin"))
>>
>> Can you make any suggestions so that M-x R points to the latest version of R (3.3.1)?  I experimented with changing the large letters to “:/usr/texbin” and other locations on my computer where I thought R 3.3.1 may be installed but no luck….any ideas?
>>
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>> Stanford University School of Medicine
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>> Palo Alto, CA 94304
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