From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marc Schwartz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't open R in Emacs Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:14:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1186163463.463509.313420@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186219895 1099 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2007 09:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:31:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 04 11:31:32 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHFyr-0000Bz-0H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:31:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IHFym-0001XH-0o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:31:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:14:33 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3Pn/jAldjFoMVbmAWAP3ez0nKU0= Original-Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.17.205.60 Original-X-Trace: sv3-034MV0ZLIXYhXHNoNbV87NFwyVWYTf+SDC3MPi1Ki1QuL4uYNE5tiMG6ric7BvKwDDGaltdEJvkgetE!ubL2ve/1HYMKOcQ6ag3u4UnnblxqKKbG/R5Tjk721spqUzABL5DSR+fycVw0e3YIQ+ROTW4ul3R1!5pRubwk5V1jA67yi2r42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150730 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:25:31 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46312 Archived-At: Hosley writes: > I need to setup up R, ESS, and GNU Emacs for a class but am having > problems. I'm trying to open R in Emacs by following these steps: > > 1. Open Emacs > 2.Ctrl-x 2, to open 2 buffers > 3. Selecting top buffer and clicking Alt-x > 4. Typing 'R' then hitting 'enter' twice > > This is supposed to open R in the top buffer but instead I get a error > saying no such file or directory. It appears to be look into c:/devl/ > emacs/bin as the default. Yet if I type in the correct path (c:/ > program files/R/R-2.5.0/bin) manually I get the same error. > > Bu the way, I can open R by itself (standalone) and it works fine. > > I know this is about as novice as it gets, but I'm not used to these > environments. Any suggestions would be great! > > Thanks, > Hos You might want to review this from the ESS Manual: http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/ess.html#Microsoft-Windows-installation Also, there is a dedicated ESS mailing list. More info here: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help Finally, note that the current version of R is 2.5.1. You should get the latest version from your local CRAN mirror. HTH, Marc Schwartz