[R] Solved - gnuclient problems witrh R/ESS in linux

[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
> options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient -q')

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


> 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
>
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