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How to start ESS?

4 messages · Christian Hennig, A.J. Rossini, Yves Gauvreau

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Christian Hennig
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Dear help-list,

because of my request, ESS was installed in our faculties' UNIX-net by our
system administrator. At the moment, we have only R installed to be used
with ESS, no other statistical software.

Reading the ESS online-manual and the R-FAQ, I did not find out how to
start ESS. The chapter on "Using R" in the ESS-manual seems to be missing
(this holds as well for the WWW-manual at the eth-zurich).

I understand the "How to start ESS"-part as follows: I simply have to start
emacs and then I can start an S-session with M-x S.
This gives "no match", which is not very surprising, because S is not 
installed.
But M-x R does as well give "no match".

If I start emacs with a source file with the ending ".S", 
I get a kind of syntax highlighting. For ".R", this does not work.

Very strange.

Possible reasons:
-> I missed an important passage while reading the manual or FAQ.
-> Our installation did not succeed. (But our sysadmin told that everything
   looked nice).
-> There is something to do which is explained nowhere.

Can you help me?

Best regards,
Christian

***

Christian Hennig
Fachbereich Mathematik - SPST
 (Schwerpunkt Mathematische Statistik und Stochastische Prozesse,
 Zentrum fuer Modellierung und Simulation)
Bundesstrasse 55
D-20146 Hamburg
Tel: x40/42838 4907, privat x40/631 62 79
hennig at math.uni-hamburg.de
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A.J. Rossini
# 
Now, this is _NOT_ a simple request, but sounds like it'll take some
work to debug a faulty installation.  

Please send email to the ESS-help list, ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch.

best,
-tony
CH> Dear help-list, because of my request, ESS was installed in
    CH> our faculties' UNIX-net by our system administrator. At the
    CH> moment, we have only R installed to be used with ESS, no other
    CH> statistical software.

    CH> Reading the ESS online-manual and the R-FAQ, I did not find
    CH> out how to start ESS. The chapter on "Using R" in the
    CH> ESS-manual seems to be missing (this holds as well for the
    CH> WWW-manual at the eth-zurich).

    CH> I understand the "How to start ESS"-part as follows: I simply
    CH> have to start emacs and then I can start an S-session with M-x
    CH> S.  This gives "no match", which is not very surprising,
    CH> because S is not installed.  But M-x R does as well give "no
    CH> match".

    CH> If I start emacs with a source file with the ending ".S", I
    CH> get a kind of syntax highlighting. For ".R", this does not
    CH> work.

    CH> Very strange.

    CH> Possible reasons:
    -> I missed an important passage while reading the manual or FAQ.
    -> Our installation did not succeed. (But our sysadmin told that
    -> everything
    CH>    looked nice).
    -> There is something to do which is explained nowhere.

    CH> Can you help me?

    CH> Best regards, Christian

    CH> ***

    CH> Christian Hennig Fachbereich Mathematik - SPST (Schwerpunkt
    CH> Mathematische Statistik und Stochastische Prozesse, Zentrum
    CH> fuer Modellierung und Simulation) Bundesstrasse 55 D-20146
    CH> Hamburg Tel: x40/42838 4907, privat x40/631 62 79
    CH> hennig at math.uni-hamburg.de
    CH> http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/hennig/



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Yves Gauvreau
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I and maybe other, would like to know this as well but for Windows. At this
time I load|start ESS manually each time I start EMACS. I couldn't find a
better way yet. By the way I use it only as an editor and I like it very
much.

Regards.

Yves Gauvreau
B.E.F.P. Universite du Quebec a Montreal
cyg at sympatico.ca
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A.J. Rossini
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Hmm... 

I'd be happy to help, but it would be much better to post to the
ess-help mailing lists...

ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch

best,
-tony
YG> I and maybe other, would like to know this as well but for
    YG> Windows. At this time I load|start ESS manually each time I
    YG> start EMACS. I couldn't find a better way yet. By the way I
    YG> use it only as an editor and I like it very much.

    YG> Regards.

    YG> Yves Gauvreau B.E.F.P. Universite du Quebec a Montreal
    YG> cyg at sympatico.ca

    >> -----Message d'origine----- De : owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
    >> [mailto:owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch]De la part de Christian
    >> Hennig Envoye : Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:07 AM A :
    >> r-help-request Mailing List Objet : [R] How to start ESS?
    >> 
    >> 
    >> Dear help-list,
    >> 
    >> because of my request, ESS was installed in our faculties'
    >> UNIX-net by our system administrator. At the moment, we have
    >> only R installed to be used with ESS, no other statistical
    >> software.
    >> 
    >> Reading the ESS online-manual and the R-FAQ, I did not find out
    >> how to start ESS. The chapter on "Using R" in the ESS-manual
    >> seems to be missing (this holds as well for the WWW-manual at
    >> the eth-zurich).
    >> 
    >> I understand the "How to start ESS"-part as follows: I simply
    >> have to start emacs and then I can start an S-session with M-x
    >> S.  This gives "no match", which is not very surprising,
    >> because S is not installed.  But M-x R does as well give "no
    >> match".
    >> 
    >> If I start emacs with a source file with the ending ".S", I get
    >> a kind of syntax highlighting. For ".R", this does not work.
    >> 
    >> Very strange.
    >> 
    >> Possible reasons:
    -> I missed an important passage while reading the manual or FAQ.
    -> Our installation did not succeed. (But our sysadmin told that
    >> everything looked nice).
    -> There is something to do which is explained nowhere.
    >> Can you help me?
    >> 
    >> Best regards, Christian
    >> 
    >> ***
    >> 
    >> Christian Hennig Fachbereich Mathematik - SPST (Schwerpunkt
    >> Mathematische Statistik und Stochastische Prozesse, Zentrum
    >> fuer Modellierung und Simulation) Bundesstrasse 55 D-20146
    >> Hamburg Tel: x40/42838 4907, privat x40/631 62 79
    >> hennig at math.uni-hamburg.de
    >> http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/hennig/
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 
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