Hi
I heard so much about Emacs and ESS that I decided to try it out - but I
am stuck at the beginning.
Is there anywhere a beginners manual for Emacs & ESS to be used with R?
even M-x S tells me it can't start S-Plus - obviously - but I want it to
start R...
Any help welcome (otherwise I will be stuck with Eclipse and R)
Rainer
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Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation
Biology (UCT)
Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology
University of Stellenbosch
Matieland 7602
South Africa
Tel: +27 - (0)72 808 2975 (w)
Fax: +27 - (0)21 808 3304
Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042
email: RKrug at sun.ac.za
Rainer at krugs.de
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 17:03 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:> Hi > > I heard so much about Emacs and ESS that I decided to try it out - but I > am stuck at the beginning. > > Is there anywhere a beginners manual for Emacs & ESS to be used with R? > even M-x S tells me it can't start S-Plus - obviously - but I want it to > start R... > > Any help welcome (otherwise I will be stuck with Eclipse and R) > > RainerThere are some reference materials on the main ESS site at: http://ess.r-project.org/ In addition, there is a dedicated ESS mailing list, with more info here: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help HTH, Marc Schwartz
Rainer M Krug <rkrug <at> sun.ac.za> writes:> Is there anywhere a beginners manual for Emacs & ESS to be used with R? > even M-x S tells me it can't start S-Plus - obviously - but I want it to > start R...Please also look at John Fox's Xemacs+ESS intro. http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Books/Companion/ESS/ Anupam.
I recommend you start with our JCGS article to get a sense of what ESS does and why. An earlier version of the article is in the ESS distribution as file ess-5.3.2/doc/ess-intro-graphs.pdf The manual is in the ESS distribution as file ess-5.3.2/doc/ess.pdf The reference card is file ess-5.3.2/doc/refcard/refcard.pdf
and in answer to your specific question You start R with M-x R
Thanks for all of your information. I will look into all of them Rainer Gavin Simpson wrote:> On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 17:03 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> Hi >> >> I heard so much about Emacs and ESS that I decided to try it out - but I >> am stuck at the beginning. >> >> Is there anywhere a beginners manual for Emacs & ESS to be used with R? >> even M-x S tells me it can't start S-Plus - obviously - but I want it to >> start R... > > Er, M-x R starts R (after you've chosen a working directory) unless I > misunderstood your question? Have you tried: > > http://ess.r-project.org/ > > And the ESS manual contained there? If not, that would be my first port > of call. > >> Any help welcome (otherwise I will be stuck with Eclipse and R) >> >> Rainer > > G >-- Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation Biology (UCT) Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology University of Stellenbosch Matieland 7602 South Africa Tel: +27 - (0)72 808 2975 (w) Fax: +27 - (0)21 808 3304 Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 email: RKrug at sun.ac.za Rainer at krugs.de