From rossini@u.washington.edu  Thu Jul 11 15:22:56 2002
From: rossini@u.washington.edu (A.J. Rossini)
Date: 11 Jul 2002 07:22:56 -0700
Subject: bug(?) in R FAQ - Should I run R from within Emacs? (PR#1772)
In-Reply-To: <200207110822.KAA17398@pubhealth.ku.dk>
References: <200207110822.KAA17398@pubhealth.ku.dk>
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>>>>> "tim" == Tim Harrold <Tim.Harrold@csiro.au> writes:

    tim> This led me to install emacs, and to install ess. However, I
    tim> use a windows environment (mswindows2000) and I had some
    tim> difficulty installing, linking and launching these
    tim> applications. After several hours I had launched emacs but
    tim> had failed to link it with either ess or r, partly because of
    tim> platform problems. (As a dedicated windows user, I am
    tim> reluctant to tinker with autoexec.bat and the like).

    tim> I spent several hours doing this, and in hindsight, I decided to uninstall
    tim> emacs and ess.
 
    tim> I would prefer if the faq could be changed to say:

    tim> "This is optional."

    tim> And perhaps some comment could be made about platforms. I
    tim> found the documentation for emacs and ess to be a bit of a
    tim> hair-pulling exercise. NOT one of the "plug and play"
    tim> applications that MS windows is so fond of!

For the cost of one of those plug and play apps that your OS is so
fond of, I'd be happy to provide a simple install.  Would you like to
know where to send your check to?  

(In fact, for XEmacs, we have).

best,
-tony

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bug(?) in R FAQ - Should I run R from within Emacs? (PR#1772)
A.J. Rossini