On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:08 +0100, Bronagh Grimes wrote: > Hi Gavin, > > I downloaded ESS & can now see a buffer named '*ESS*' in my EMACS script > file. > > To start an ESS process I followed the notes in the documentation: > > 1. To start an S session on Unix or on Windows when you use the Cygwin > bash shell, simply type M-x S RET. > > 2. S will then (by default) ask the question > > 3. S starting data directory? > > 4. Enter the name of the directory you wish to start S from (that is, > the directory you would have cd'd to before starting S from the shell). > This directory should have a '.Data' subdirectory. > > 5. You will then be popped into a buffer with name '*S*' which will be > used for interacting with the ESS process, and you can start entering > commands. > > > I can open R via step 1, but step 2 does not then happen.
What OS? In my Emacs on Fedoras 7 through 10 the starting directory question appears in what is often called the status bar (along the bottom edge). It even proposes a starting directory for you. M-x R is what i use to start R. G > > Any advice on how I go about opening the ESS for working on? > > Many thanks in advance, > Bronagh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin Simpson [mailto:gavin.simp...@ucl.ac.uk] > Sent: 23 April 2009 09:47 > To: Bronagh Grimes > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine > > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 09:31 +0100, Bronagh Grimes wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I am new to using R on a Linux machine & I have a few questions on > > set-up. If anyone has experience in this area any advice would be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > - When I open R I have the option to do the following: > > > > o 'Run in Terminal' > > > > o 'Display' > > > > o 'Cancel' > > > > o 'Run' > > > > > > > > - My only option to open a window such as we find in the > > Windows version is to choose 'Run in Terminal'. > > > > > > > > - I really want to run a script where I can run sections of > the > > code each time. > > > > > > > > - As we know in Windows we have the option to 'Open New > Script' > > & from here can choose 'Run line or Selection' > > > > > > > > - In this version I can indeed save a script & open with > > 'Emacs', 'KWrite' OR 'Kate'. > > > > > > > > - But the only way I can run this script is to call the whole > > script using the source() function. > > Not so in Emacs with ESS installed. You can run lines, regions, > paragraphs etc. in an R instance within emacs itself. See the ess > website for further details: > > http://ess.r-project.org > > I don't know about the other K* applications... > > G > > > > > > > > > - Does anyone know how I can implement a script that I can > run > > as in the Windows version, whereby I can run one line at a time if I > > wish for testing purposes? > > > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- > %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% > Dr. Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 > ECRC, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 > Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk > Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ > UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk > %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% > -- %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Dr. Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 ECRC, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
