[ESS] ess-set-working-directory

[Kevin Coombes]

That did it. Thanks,
  Kevin

On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 7:17 AM Stephen J. Eglen <sje30 using cam.ac.uk> wrote:

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> hi Kevin, Rodney,
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> I think the variable and setting you are looking for is:
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> (setq ess-startup-directory 'default-directory)
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> Best wishes,
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> Stephen
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> On Sun, Mar 31 2024, Kevin Coombes via ESS-help wrote:
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> > I don't know where this "feature" lives in the code. But it
> > might help find
> > it to know that it does the same thing in any git project or
> > subversion
> > project, even if it isn't an R package.
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> > Hopefully,  someone can track it down, since I view it as a bug
> > I want to
> > remove, and not a feature.
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> > Best,
> >   Kevin
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> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 11:51 AM Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help <
> > ess-help using r-project.org> wrote:
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> >> Hi ESS-help:
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> >> When I am working on an R script that is not part of an R
> >> package,
> >> then ess-set-working-directory does what would be expected,
> >> i.e.,
> >> on a launch of R it does setwd() to the buffer’s
> >> default-directory.
> >> However, when I am in, say, the demo directory of an R package,
> >> then it doesn’t.  It places me at the root of the R package.
> >> I can’t seem to figure out where this is taking place.
> >> It must have something to do with ess-r-package.el.
> >> But I am stumped about how to make it stop.
> >> Any advice is much appreciated.  Thanks
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics,
> >> He/Him/His
> >> Vice President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical
> >> Association
> >> Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Biostatistics
> >> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
> >>
> >> If this is outside of working hours, then please respond when
> >> convenient.
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