Re: Can't open R in Emacs

[Hosley <kbrownk@gmail.com>]

On Aug 3, 11:14 pm, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hosley <kbro...@gmail.com> 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

Thanks for letting me know about 2.5.1. Unfortunately it still cannot
be found by Emacs.

Also, I will try to read the manuals again, but a lot of the advice
I've come across indirectly relates to my issue and involves (meaning
it may or may not fix the issue) making a lot of changes that alter
the step by step instructions I was following, which I'm afraid to do
at this point. Obviously these programs are extremely sensitive to
small installation errors/typos and I don't want to dig myself further
into a hole.