Re: [ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Jeremie Juste via ESS-help
Hello, Can you specify the ess version you are using? I would suggest disabling global-font-lock-mode (M-x global-font-lock-mode) before launching R to see if it works. It is not a fix but just a way to investingate where the problem might be. Best regards, Jeremie Neil Shephard via ESS-

Re: [ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Jeremie Juste via ESS-help
Hello, Glad you could sort it out. I think version controling the .emacs file and the .emacs.d directory could help solve these issues faster. You could easily go back to a previous working version. This might be helpful if you are in a situation where you really need things to work. I'm currentl

Re: [ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Jeremie Juste via ESS-help
Hello, Be sure to CC ess-help@r-project.org in your reply as your mail can help others as well. You might find better support in this way too. I updated by ess to your version : ess-version: 18.10 and could load R without difficulty. I'm using GNU Emacs 25.3.3 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Versio

Re: [ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Neil Shephard via ESS-help
Timely On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 at 20:16, Alex Branham wrote: > > > I've tried disabling ess-smart-underscore as Alex suggests but no joy. > > I'm not familiar with how this package works but disabling it (by > removing the "require" from your init file) might not be enough. Emacs's > package manage

Re: [ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Neil Shephard via ESS-help
Apologies Jeremie, stupid *faux pas* not replying to the list. Running... emacs -Q ...and then loading ess from scratch works (bar similar errors about julia that you mention). R starts fine. I've tried disabling ess-smart-underscore as Alex suggests but no joy. I'll have a further play around

[ESS] Error starting R

2018-10-03 Thread Neil Shephard via ESS-help
Hi, I've recently encountered a problem which prevents me from using M-x R to start an R session under Emacs. On doing so I'm informed that... autoload-do-load: Wrong type argument: consp, nil I'm using Emacs 25.3.1 with ESS installed from ELPA (20181003.755). I've asked on the Emacs Stackexch