Hi all, I don't know if this is the proper place to ask this, but I am trying to configure emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 to run the way described for ESS and Xemacs in Windows (John Fox's guide). I installed ess as directed at http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/ . Under Windows I could use Emacs/ess fine (but I am obviously a novice at emacs), but am having trouble doing so in Ubuntu. At present I have loaded ess, and it opens as a buffer when emacs opens. But I can't open an R session with M-x-R, and can only open R if I have a pre-existing .R file. Also, I would like to have emacs, either by default or with a hot key, open up a file in the upper window and R in the lower. Any hints on how I can do this? Forgive me if these questions are too elementary. Wade [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 10:07:52AM -0400, Wade Wall wrote:> I don't know if this is the proper place to ask this, but I am trying to > configure emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 to run the way described for ESS and > Xemacs in Windows (John Fox's guide). I installed ess as directed at > http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/ . Under Windows I could use Emacs/ess fine > (but I am obviously a novice at emacs), but am having trouble doing so in > Ubuntu. At present I have loaded ess, and it opens as a buffer when emacs > opens. But I can't open an R session with M-x-R, and can only open R if I > have a pre-existing .R file. Also, I would like to have emacs, either by > default or with a hot key, open up a file in the upper window and R in the > lower. Any hints on how I can do this?If you install ess on Debian/Ubuntu via $ sudo apt-get install ess it should start automatically as an emacs startup file is registered. Dirk -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
Hi Wade, Wade Wall wrote:> Hi all, > > I don't know if this is the proper place to ask this, but I am trying to > configure emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 to run the way described for ESS andI think the easiest way to install emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 is via the repositories. Simply use your favorite package manager (I use synaptic) and choose the ess package. If Emacs hasn't been installed yet, it will do so automatically. I hope this helps, Roland