Hi Patrick, On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 5:10 AM, Patrick Connolly <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > This is about the shortest I can get that shows what happens: Just > what the example function does is not material to my question.
Can you reproduce this following only these instructions starting from 'emacs -q'? I cannot, i.e., it works as expected for me. <SNIP> > (custom-set-variables > ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it! > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > '(inferior-ess-dump-command "dump(\"%s\",file=\"%s\", control=\"useSource\") > ") > '(ess-source-directory "./.tmp") > '(load-home-init-file t t)) This suggests to me that you did _not_ start with emacs -q, so indeed you should start looking at your configuration to see where the problem is. Did you try commenting out the 'ess-source-directory' setting to see if that is the problem? Best, Ista > > Ideas as to where I should look are welcome. > > best > Patrick > > On Thu, 12-Apr-2018 at 11:08PM -0400, Ista Zahn wrote: > > |> Hi Patrick, > |> > |> I don't use ess-dump-object-into-edit-buffer, so I'm not sure what > |> exactly you expect it to do. A specific example would help, i.e., a > |> description of exactly what you did, exactly what happened, and how > |> what happened differed from you expectation. > |> > |> For example, if I start R with 'M-x R <ret>' and do 'M-x > |> ess-dump-object-into-edit-buffer <ret> getwd <ret>' I see a new buffer > |> is created containing > |> > |> getwd <- > |> function () > |> .Internal(getwd()) > |> > |> Is that what you see? If so, how does it differ from what you expect? > |> If you see something different, how does your setup differ from mine? > |> I'm running Emacs 25.3 and ESS 17.11 [elpa: 20180412.315] > |> > |> Best, > |> Ista > |> > |> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Patrick Connolly > |> <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > |> > Thanks Ista. > |> > > |> > The result is not the same, but it's equally useless. It produces almost > |> > the same as typing the name of the function and pressing <Enter>. That > is to > |> > say, unless the function has been edited in the working directory, it > lists > |> > all the code without any of the comments almost in the form of a list > |> > element labelled "structure" and a second element labelled "source" which > |> > contains all the source in the form of a character vector. Quite a lot > of > |> > text wrangling is required to get that text into the form of an editable > |> > function. > |> > > |> > There is a slight difference from what results from typing the function > name > |> > and pressing <Enter> in that the word "structure" is not in the latter > and > |> > the source is an attr. > |> > > |> > (I say "almost" because neither form is exactly the same as how a list is > |> > displayed.) > |> > > |> > Is that intended behaviour? > |> > > |> > TIA > |> > Patrick > |> > > |> > On 04/13/2018 01:48 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: > |> > > |> > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:56 AM, Patrick Connolly > |> > <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > |> > > |> > Thanks for the response, however, if I start Emacs with a '-q' none of > |> > my ~/.emacs file is read, so Emacs doesn't know how to start R. More > |> > to the point, I'm unable to run R within Emacs any other way. > |> > > |> > The usual recipe is to start with emacs -q and then evaluate > |> > > |> > (package-initialize) > |> > (require 'ess-site) > |> > > |> > in the scratch buffer, then check to see if you can reproduce the bug. > |> > If you have ESS installed in a way that it is not in your load-path by > |> > default you may have to do something along the lines of > |> > > |> > (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/ESS/lisp/") > |> > (load "ess-site") > |> > > |> > Best, > |> > Ista > |> > > |> > > |> > > |> > I gather there is a way of applying individual lines of the .emacs > |> > files but a bear with a small brain doesn't know how to do that (or > |> > where to look in the manual how to do it), > |> > > |> > It would appear, if it doesn't reproduce, that the problem is > |> > somewhere in my .emacs file. That's a hodge-podge of various things > |> > I've picked up over the decades so it wouldn't be surprising to find > |> > some incompatibilities. > |> > > |> > Ideas appreciated. > |> > > |> > > |> > On Wed, 11-Apr-2018 at 07:44AM -0400, Ista Zahn wrote: > |> > > |> > |> I can't reproduce it with the latest ESS from melpa. Can you give > |> > |> reproduction steps starting with > |> > |> > |> > |> emacs -q > |> > |> > |> > |> ? > |> > |> > |> > |> --Ista > |> > |> > |> > |> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 4:58 AM, Patrick Connolly > |> > |> <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > |> > |> > For a long time I used to be able to use > |> > |> > > |> > |> > ess-dump-object-into-edit-buffer > |> > |> > > |> > |> > to create a buffer that could be used to edit the designated > function > |> > |> > from anywhere on the search path to make a local version. > |> > |> > > |> > |> > Starting at about ess-15.x, only the first 5 or so lines of code is > |> > |> > made available which I took to be a bug that would be fixed. > However, > |> > |> > I was mistaken. I installed ess-17.11 and it's still the same. > Being > |> > |> > a bear with only a small brain, I can't imagine what use that would > be > |> > |> > if it's what is intended. > |> > |> > > |> > |> > Could it be that there is an additional setting that allows all of > the > |> > |> > function (including comments) to be dumped into that buffer? > Perhaps, > |> > |> > more difficult to track down, I have something else in my ~/.emacs > |> > |> > file that is incompatible. > |> > |> > > |> > |> > TIA for suggestions. > |> > |> > > |> > |> > -- > |> > |> > > |> > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > |> > |> > ___ Patrick Connolly > |> > |> > {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas > |> > |> > _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events > |> > |> > (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people > |> > |> > (_)-(_) ..... 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