[ESS] Repost: problems setting ess-source-directory

[Stephen J Eglen]

hi WIlliam,

> Its value is (lambda nil (concat ess-directory "Src/"))
> Original value was "/tmp/"
>
> It seems odd that the value has changed to (lambda nil ...
> instead of (lambda () ...
>
> Doesn't the lambda() function need the () in order to be recognized as
> a function?  Has anyone on the list been able to get this expression
> to work or is it a real bug in ESS?


not sure why its changed recently, but wouldn't the following achieve what you are after:

(setq ess-source-directory
  (concat ess-directory "src/"))

assuming ess-directory is set appropriately?