[ESS] problem starting help buffer in ESS

After a long absence from using ESS with R in XEmacs, I am beginning to use ESS now in Emacs. However, I have a problem when trying to use help() or C-c C-v in an R session. While running R in emacs in text or gui mode and trying to get help by any method, I get an ESS Help buffer in a new

[ESS] problem starting help in ESS

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Re: [ESS] starting directory not detected correctly anymore

Hi Lionel, Thank you for the response. Since I noticed your e-mail on Dec 5 that Emacs 25 has no problem on this issue, I have already upgraded Emacs to 25.3.2. So, I do not have Emacs 24 and can not contribute this issue anymore. Anyway, thank you for your kindness. -- Susumu On Tue, 12 Dec

Re: [ESS] starting directory not detected correctly anymore

It seems there is an issue with Emacs 24, I'll look into it. Could you open a github issue please? And confirm there that you still see the problem when you open Emacs with -q flag (to prevent loading of init file). Lionel > On 12 déc. 2017, at 06:29, Susumu Tanimura