Running Scripting on Linux Machine

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.

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.simpson at ucl.ac.uk] 
Sent: 23 April 2009 09:47
To: Bronagh Grimes
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine

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,

 




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