Dan Bolser <dmb at mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk> writes:> Yikes! whatever happened to a good old 'INSTALL' file?There is a nice README file which you should read...> People should not assume that just because you use linux you automatically > know what you are doing!Apparently :-).> First it took me ages to find the install instructions, they were hidden > on page nine of a pdf file called ess.pdf. Then it took me ages to > understand them. Their are a lot of comments in the file 'ess-site.el' and > I don't think I understood any of them. > > In the end I ignored this file and I just added the "(load > 'path-to-ess-site.el-file')" to my .emacs file. > > compile bit code? not me!Exactly. No reason to. And you know that if you read the documentation.> Then it took me a long time to get going with emacs and ess, I had to > guess the R-mode command, as it is somehow assumed that you dont need it. > > Now I am getting there, but easy it wasnt. > > Sorry for all the complaints,And you sent them to the wrong list, as well. best, -tony -- rossini at u.washington.edu http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ Biomedical and Health Informatics University of Washington Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center UW (Tu/Th/F): 206-616-7630 FAX=206-543-3461 | Voicemail is unreliable FHCRC (M/W): 206-667-7025 FAX=206-667-4812 | use Email CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachme...{{dropped}}
Martin Maechler said...> >>>>>> "lanceh" == lanceh <lanceh at ibm.net> writes: > > lanceh> Sorry if this is a redundent question but I searched the > lanceh> archives and although I found a couple of similar questions I > lanceh> saw no responses. I am running in Linux and when I try to > >You should have looked in the R-FAQ (see footer of this E-mail) .. > > lanceh> invoke R from either XEmacs or Emacs via 'M-x R' I get an > lanceh> error > lanceh> message which basically says that Emacs doesn't understand > lunchh> the > lanceh> command. What do I need to do so that X/Emacs will invoke R > lanceh> when I type 'M-x R'? > >You need to install the emacs package "ESS" (= Emacs Speaks Statistics). >(works under both Emacs & XEmacs). >You find it at any CRAN site, under src/other/ess/. >Installation instructions are included. > >There's a mailing list for ESS, ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch, >in case you have problems in installation or usage of ESS.Yikes! whatever happened to a good old 'INSTALL' file? People should not assume that just because you use linux you automatically know what you are doing! First it took me ages to find the install instructions, they were hidden on page nine of a pdf file called ess.pdf. Then it took me ages to understand them. Their are a lot of comments in the file 'ess-site.el' and I don't think I understood any of them. Normally I run emacs by typing 'emacs', I can honestly say I don't know much more about how it works than that! In the end I ignored this file and I just added the "(load 'path-to-ess-site.el-file')" to my .emacs file. compile bit code? not me! Then it took me a long time to get going with emacs and ess, I had to guess the R-mode command, as it is somehow assumed that you dont need it. Now I am getting there, but easy it wasnt. Sorry for all the complaints, Dan.
Hi! Perhaps you should try with Paul Johnson's RPM's at: http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/software/favoriteEmacsFiles/ Good look. On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Dan Bolser wrote:> > Martin Maechler said... > > > >>>>>> "lanceh" == lanceh <lanceh at ibm.net> writes: > > > > lanceh> Sorry if this is a redundent question but I searched the > > lanceh> archives and although I found a couple of similar questions I > > lanceh> saw no responses. I am running in Linux and when I try to > > > >You should have looked in the R-FAQ (see footer of this E-mail) .. > > > > lanceh> invoke R from either XEmacs or Emacs via 'M-x R' I get an > > lanceh> error > > lanceh> message which basically says that Emacs doesn't understand > > lunchh> the > > lanceh> command. What do I need to do so that X/Emacs will invoke R > > lanceh> when I type 'M-x R'? > > > >You need to install the emacs package "ESS" (= Emacs Speaks Statistics). > >(works under both Emacs & XEmacs). > >You find it at any CRAN site, under src/other/ess/. > >Installation instructions are included. > > > >There's a mailing list for ESS, ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch, > >in case you have problems in installation or usage of ESS. > > > Yikes! whatever happened to a good old 'INSTALL' file? > > People should not assume that just because you use linux you automatically > know what you are doing! > > First it took me ages to find the install instructions, they were hidden > on page nine of a pdf file called ess.pdf. Then it took me ages to > understand them. Their are a lot of comments in the file 'ess-site.el' and > I don't think I understood any of them. > > Normally I run emacs by typing 'emacs', I can honestly say I don't know > much more about how it works than that! > > In the end I ignored this file and I just added the "(load > 'path-to-ess-site.el-file')" to my .emacs file. > > compile bit code? not me! > > Then it took me a long time to get going with emacs and ess, I had to > guess the R-mode command, as it is somehow assumed that you dont need it. > > Now I am getting there, but easy it wasnt. > > Sorry for all the complaints, > Dan. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >-- Ulises M. Alvarez LAB. DE ONDAS DE CHOQUE FISICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGIA AVANZADA UNAM umalvarez at fata.unam.mx