[ESS] error merging R source files in ESS mode

[David Romano]

Thank you, Stephen -- I'll try to create a reproducible example and
send it along with the backtrace buffer shortly.

David

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 3:39 AM Stephen Eglen <sje30 using cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > I often use Emacs to merge other types of files, but when I just
> > selected two R source files to merge, I got the error message:
> >
> > "Customise alist is not specified, nor  ess-local-customize-alist is
> > set."
>
> Hi,
>
> 1. what command are you running to start the merge?  Can you describe
> the steps so that others can repeat it?
>
> 2. From our documentation:
>
>    If Emacs reports an error, backtraces can help us debug the problem.
> Type "M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET". Then run the
> command that causes the error and you should see a *Backtrace* buffer
> containing debug information; send us that buffer.
>
> Stephen