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gnuclient problems witrh R/ESS in linux

2 messages · Fredrik Lundgren

Fredrik Lundgren
# 
Dear list,

Not strictly R ...

In R on Xemacs with ESS (R-2.0.1, Xemacs-21.4.15-r3, ESS-5.2.6)
on gentoo-linux

when I use k<-edit(k) or fix(k)
to change a small vector k <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6)

the opened window (called '6b8b4567') appears not to be connected to the
gnuclient
and I'm able to edit the file but has no instructions in the
minibuffer
and
C-x # gives
'6b8b4567 does not belong to gnuserv client'

in init.el I have
(require 'gnuserv)
(gnuserv-start)
(setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame))

Any help please?

Fredrik
1 day later
Fredrik Lundgren
# 
Finally,

I found a way to make fix() and edit() work with gnuclient
in ESS-5.2.6/R-2.0.1/Xemacs-21.4.15-r3 on gentoo-linux.

When invoking R/ESS the following is induced by ESS
It appears as if the problem is with 'gnuclient -q'
(whatever does -q signify?? From the man page it appears to disconnect 
the association between the opened buffer and gnuclient - which was teh 
very problem)
and when i changed a row in ess-5.2.6/lisp/gnu-cust.el
things worked in the expected way.
Change row

if (featurep 'xemacs) "gnuclient -q" "emacsclient"))) ;; unix

to

if (featurep 'xemacs) "gnuclient" "emacsclient"))) ;; unix

and all things work OK.

The only thing needed in init.el for gnuclient to work in this setup
is

(gnuserv-start)

and possibly

(setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame))

if you whant the gnuclient frame to open within Xemacs

and no fuss with PATH


Many thanks to Richard M. Heiberger for all help!

Fredrik

PS A peculiar thing though - In the latest manual for ESS it's said:
4.9 Using emacsclient

When starting R or S under Unix, ESS sets options(editor="emacsclient").
(Under

Microsoft Windows, it will use gnuclient.exe rather than emacsclient,
but the same principle

applies.)

but I got options(editor="gnuclient -q")

now changed to options(editor="gnuclient ")

DS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fredrik Lundgren" <fredrik.bg.lundgren at bredband.net>
To: "R-help" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: [R] gnuclient problems witrh R/ESS in linux