ESS or R problem editing functions
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Matthew Wiener wrote:
I'm not sure whether this is a problem with ESS or R (or even a feature I don't understand!). Say I've got a function named f.count.these.patterns (as I do -- I'm using actual names in case they're somehow important). I previously had a version called f.count.these.patterns.3, but discarded it because it was worse. So the function is no longer there. If I create a new version to compare performance using a slightly different mechanism: f.count.these.patterns.3 <- f.count.these.patterns, and try to edit is (using control-c control-d), I get up *not* the function I just created, but an old file mcw.f.count.these.patterns.3.R with my old discarded version. I can list the function correctly (typing its name at the R prompt), but can't seem to edit it. If I create f.count.these.patterns.4 (which has never existed before), I can edit it without any problems.
This is an ESS (mis?)feature. I think it's configurable -- if so someone will undoubtedly tell us. ESS believes that things in files are more reliable than things in your workspace and so will use the version in your temporary file rather than dumping a new version. You can certainly stop this by deleting the temporary file, which is probably in /tmp/ -thomas Thomas Lumley Assistant Professor, Biostatistics University of Washington, Seattle -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._