R with ESS: how to start

I installed ESS but I can't figure out what needs to be set
for it to recognise R.  I gather it's something to do with 
.emacs file, but none of the help files seem to mention it.
Like everything, it's probably easy once you know, but so
far I don't know where to look.

 Thanks for any help.

best

Patrick
 
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