Questions tagged [ess]
ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics) is an emacs add-on for editing scripts and interacting with statistical programs such as R, Stata or SAS.
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How to find what causes ESS to run very slow?
When working with an iESS session of R and an R file open side-by-side, I noticed extremely slow performance when typing indetifiers. Typing braces and operators is fine, however, when an identifier ...
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Can we get inline results with polymode for Rmd files?
As a new Emacs user, I've recently learned how to use polymode to handle R code in org-mode. I'm happy with it, since I get the same features than those implemented for example in Rstudio for Rmd ...
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Return System Notification When Long-running Comint Process Completes?
I often have long-running processes in comint shells (e.g. SQL or fitting statistical models, both usually via an R/ESS shell).
While they're running I navigate away and do something in another ...
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using global-linum-mode with ess with a latex/R knit file
When using global-linum-mode with a latex file that has blocks of R code (*.rnw file) moving in and out of the R code blocks cause the line numbers to disappear until the cursor is moved again. Is ...
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Using tramp and ESS-mode, how can I get the R interpreter to execute locally?
I use tramp to edit R files on a remote server. When I evaluate R code within ESS-mode, it starts an R interpreter on the remote machine. However, at the moment ssh -X to the server does not work, so ...
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“error in process sentinel” whenever using %>% in an ESS R buffer
Whenever I include a pipe (%>%) in a ESS R buffer, I start getting the following error repeatedly, with lags that make editing almost impossible:
error in process sentinel: Not enough arguments ...
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set breakpoint while in debugger?
Is it possible to set a breakpoint on an arbitrary line while already established in browser()? As a use-case: if I debug(myfunc) and while in Browse[2]> ... I realize that I need to jump forward ...
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Company-mode slow in ESS
When using (i)ESS, I would like to function/variable/argument/filename completion on demand using the minibuffer, without triggering the company pseudotooltip front end.
I have tried the following:
(...
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Using R double colon operator messes up the indentation in emacs
Using R double colon operator messes up the indentation in ess/emacs. For example,
df <- map(
xyz,
something
)
vs.
df <- purrr::map(
xyz,
something)
...
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gnu screen emacs ess: M-X R freeze
I just pick up emacs after a while with Vim.
This is run on CentOS server.
I ssh to the server, and start with gnu screen, and emacs ess, when I start to run R, emacs just freeze.
Here is what I ...
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Emacs/ESS/Org hangs/spins on yank
I have the following Emacs org buffer that I'm editing:
#+BEGIN_SRC R
regimes <- read.spreadsheet(wlda, 3) %>%
within({
TurbineID <- paste(Site, Turbine)
Date.of.Change....
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Emacs freezes using Sweave and ESS
I am using Emacs + ESS + Sweave to write a document. When I do multiline copy of noweb commands using M-w, switch to R buffer and execute them (C-y, RET), Emacs will sometimes freeze, forcing me to ...
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ESS R workflow with package management in renv (or Packrat)
I do all my R development in Emacs via org-mode and ESS. All of my R projects are managed out of a single org-mode document (studies.org). Each project has a header and is tangled to its own project ...
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Preview images, and PDFs inside a SSH terminal session or inside emacsclient session via SSH?
I work remotely to Linux servers, writing R scripts with ESS. Rstudio works well if I have a fast and stable GUI-based remote desktop connection to the server. Rstudio server also works OK if I have ...
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Send a command to Emacs from an inferior process
Is it possible to send a command to Emacs from an inferior process? For my particular use-case, I would like to instruct Emacs to run the command inferior-ess-r-reload-hook (part of the ESS package) ...
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How to pass bash commands from a script to terminal?
Let's say I have a bash script. Is there a way I can pass specific lines or blocks in the script to terminal process in EMACS? Just like how we do for R script using command C-c R
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How to specify a pdf viewer for ess mode
I have set the variable ess-pdf-viewer-pref to "evince"
But when I export any Rnw file using M-n e, instead of displaying the pdf in evince it is displayed inside Emacs.
How can I stop Emacs ...
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Emacs plugin to browse Julia documentation, at point or textual
It is quite annoying that I have to leave emacs to browse Julia documentation. Are there any nice plugins to get the documentation at point or that provides a nice direct textual interface to the ...
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Missing RMarkdown templates with poly-R
I use the ess, polymode, and poly-R packages together to work with RMarkdown files. I have also installed the R packages rmarkdown and tufte in my R library. While these R packages provide ".Rmd" ...
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R in ESS outputs UTF-8, which emacs renders raw
I find the question but no answer at Emacs ESS R - Message Content Encoding and Display Issue.
In buffer *R*, the R process uses UTF-8 encoding for its output. However emacs does not decode that ...
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R (ESS) freezes emacs when asking for project directory
Using Windows. Fresh install of emacs 2.6.
The installation of R CLI and R studio worked ok. No issues.
I open R files on emacs and ESS mode is properly set on modeline but when I try to execute/eval ...
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Emacs ESS R - Message Content Encoding and Display Issue
I use Emacs ESS for doing some work in R. But somehow the help messages or content which is output of R process, is not printed correctly, most likely because of some encoding issue. (Screenshot ...
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ESS folding for R6 classes
What is the proper way to install, configure and activate folding of R script files?
I followed emacswiki.org/emacs/FoldingMode but it doesn't seems to work. I installed folding.el to .emacs/lisp/. ...
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Using ESS via nix
I'd like to use ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics) with the nix version of R and the packages I need.
Here's what I can do via the shell
nix-shell shell.nix -I nixpkgs=/Users/dom/nixpkgs --run R
shell....
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How to get customizations added to `ess-mode-hook` to run in Aquamacs ESS
In Aquamacs 3.3, ESS 16.04, I can't get customizations added to ess-mode-hook to run. Here's a simple example.
(defun my-ess-hook ()
(setq ess-default-style 'DEFAULT)
(setq ess-indent-level 2))
(...
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How to set up company mode for ESS Julia
I have ESS installed and I do get company mode drop down menus, but there's nothing Julia specific. For example, I get completion options for functions or variables that I have defined elsewhere in ...
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ESS C-RET does not add a new line at the end of buffer
According to the doc, since ESS 12.09
ESS: ess-eval-*-and-step functions go to next empty line at eob, instead of staying at the last line.
However, when I hit C-RET at the end, it still says on the ...
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Get company completion without evaluation in ess
Is it possible to do completion without evaluating the buffer in ess-mode/R-mode which uses company-R-objects and company-R-args as backends ? Backends like company-jedi can do completion without ...
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What is the best way to modify an existing function from a package?
There is a function in ESS called ess-sas-goto-log (https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/blob/master/lisp/ess-sas-a.el#L705) that will open a log file and search forward using re-search-forward. I would ...
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ESS hooks breaking buffers not associated with files
This is a weird one, for me: I use both ESS (for R programming) and gist.el for (surprise!) interacting with github gists. Except, now I have a problem: every time I try to view a gist locally, ESS's ...
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Control-Enter doesn't work in ESS?
I checked my ess/lisp/ess-mode.el file and it has the line of code I'm expecting for this to work (below). Anyone know why this would happen?
(define-key map [(control return)] 'ess-eval-region-or-...
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ESS ignores R_LIBS_USER environment variable
I have the following in my .bashrc
export R_LIBS_USER="/home/wdkrnls/R/lib/3.2"
When I start R from the shell I see (even in Emacs M-x shell):
.libPaths()
[1] "/home/wdkrnls/R/lib/3.2" "/usr/lib/R/...
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ESS major modes keybindings do not work
I am connecting from a Windows machine to a Linux server via Putty (http://blog.harang.org/?tag=putty). There I start Emacs and open a script written in the statistical language R. When I open the ...
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How to get ess-describe-object-at-point to delete-window when I am done?
I am reading this function and still don't see why it doesn't delete both the buffer and window. Currently it open a new window, and when I hit C-g another buffer (even duplicated to the one I am ...
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ESS/Org-babel - remove long prompt
Consider the following org-babel code block:
#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R*
getwd()
#+END_SRC
If I first enter org-edit-special and then ess-eval-line my *R* buffer displays as expected:
> getwd()
...
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Set ESS working directory from header-args with org-babel sessions
I am experiencing a very strange behavior with org-babel code blocks. When I operate without the :session tag, I am free to use :dir to set my working directory. As you can see, the following code ...
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Evaluate org-babel header arguments consistently
Consider the following org-babel code block:
#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R* :dir ~/_test
getwd()
#+END_SRC
When I C-c C-c on my source block, I get the following result, as expected:
#+RESULTS:
: /...
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run bibtex in a Knitr workflow in Emacs?
I have used version 18.10.2 of ess (see question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60445059/where-is-ess-version-19-04)
and followed the directions at how to setup Knitr workflow in Emacs? to get to ...
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Autocompletion in R files set `truncate-lines` to `t` (spacemacs)
I use the ess layer in spacemacs to work with R files. After an autocompletion, the variable truncate-lines is set to nil. Furthermore, during the time the complexion box is on the screen, the lines ...
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Stop Emacs From Moving Text / Point to Bottom of Screen
I don't fully understand what is happening but I would like it to stop - I am using org-mode and ESS, and when I am in an R src block, things like hitting tab to auto-indent a line of code cause point ...
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No filename completion with Eglot and R
Using ESS with emacs I have automatic filename completion. So, when I am withing "./" and hit TAB, it shows me a list of files and directories within that directory. However, after installing eglot ...
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Compile multiple Rnw files
If we divide our Rnw file into multiple files, is it possible to create the whole document using knitr and LaTeX in Emacs by pressing M-n e on a child file?
I guess the process above should be ...
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Projectile renaming buffer name causing issues with ESS (ctrl enter) functionality
I have recently installed projectile package into my Emacs. It's great package, however, now my C-RET binding to ESS (R) is not working any more.
Part of my current init.el related to ESS looks like ...
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How to “manipulate” using R in Emacs
In Rstudio one can use library manipulate to interactively change the plot over some parameters(mu). When you use this in emacs ESS it gives error:
function(mu){
plot(mu)
}
manipulate(myfunc(mu),mu = ...
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ESS install fails on Ubuntu 18.04
I had previously installed and used Emacs 25.2.2 and ESS 17.11 on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). While attempting to update to the latest version of ESS, the ESS install script appears to have failed (...
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Break (C-c C-c) in ESS-remote R shell
I am running my R scripts on a remote shell using
M-x shell
ssh -X -C name@server.edu
srun -p nodeX --pty R (slurm command to start R)
M-x ess-remote and select 'R'
everythink works fine, until I ...
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Tramp to HPC server node
I am new to Emacs and one thing I really like about it is the "tramp". I use R with ESS and usually "tramp" to my work computer from home. We also have an HPC server and I am wondering whether it is ...
