[ESS] Emacs, ESS and Rmarkdown: Is this the way compile is supposed to work?

[Jacob Kasper]

For package cl is depreciated you can read this thread. I don't think this
is causing any issues with markdown.
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zslyem/package_cl_is_deprecated_debugging/

On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 17:16 Kevin Zembower via ESS-help <
ess-help using r-project.org> wrote:

> Tyler, thanks again for your help.
>
> I'm sorry to burden you with my problems, but I'm stuck again.
>
> I think I have everything installed and up to date. Here's an excerpt
> from M-x package-list-packages:
>    markdown-mode      20220212.728  installed             Major mode for
> Markdown-formatted text
>    poly-R             20230416.1454 installed             Various
> polymodes for R language
>    poly-markdown      20230202.1210 installed             Polymode for
> markdown-mode
>    poly-noweb         20200316.1315 installed             Polymode for
> noweb
>    polymode           20230317.1218 installed             Extensible
> framework for multiple major modes
>
> With the exception of poly-noweb, they're all 2023 packages.
>
> Yet, when I open an *.Rmd file, I get this in the Messages buffer:
>
> File mode specification error: (error Autoloading file
> /home/kevin/.emacs.d/polymode/modes/poly-R.el failed to define function
> poly-gfm+r-mode)
> Package cl is deprecated
>
> I then added your alternative define-polymode section, and the error
> about poly-gfm+r-mode went away, but I still have this message in the
> Messages buffer when I start Emacs with an *.Rmd file:
>
> File mode specification error: (cl-no-applicable-method clone nil)
> Package cl is deprecated
>
> I can't find a reference to a 'cl' package in my init.el. In addition,
> the *.Rmd file is in Fundamental mode, and not ESS or poly-R mode.
>
> When I try to manually invoke the poly mode, with 'M-x poly-gfm+r-mode',
> I get the message:
>
> cl-no-applicable-method: No applicable method: clone, nil
>
> Any ideas what's going on with my system? I'm so worried I'm just making
> a hash of things with these changes.
>
> Thanks for any advice or guidance.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On 4/22/23 06:00, ess-help-request using r-project.org wrote:
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:09:43 -0400
> > From: "Tyler Smith"<tyler using plantarum.ca>
> > To: ESS-help<ess-help using r-project.org>
> > Subject: Re: [ESS] Emacs, ESS and Rmarkdown: Is this the way compile
> >       is supposed to work?
> > Message-ID:<a2b88f26-7760-41c2-8e9d-e4ea5de4bf21 using app.fastmail.com>
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> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > If you have an older version of `poly-R`, the function `poly-gfm+r-mode`
> might not be present. This was added to `poly-R` dev in July 2021, I'm not
> sure exactly when it would have been added to the released version.
> >
> > If that's the case, updating to the current version of `poly-R` should
> fix the problem.
> >
> > Alternatively, you need the following code evaluated*after*  `(require
> 'poly-R)` and*before*  `(add-to-list ...)`:
> >
> > ```
> > (define-polymode poly-gfm+r-mode poly-markdown+r-mode
> >    :lighter " PM-Rmd(gfm)"
> >    :hostmode 'poly-gfm-hostmode)
> > ```
> >
> > But that really shouldn't be necessary.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Tyler
> > -- plantarum.ca
>
>
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