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This is news.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from news.texi.
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Changes and New Features in 19.04 (unreleased):
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* ESS[R]: There is a new menu entry for reloading the R process. It
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is otherwise bound to 'C-c C-e C-r'. Reloading now reuses the same
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process name and start arguments that were used to start the
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process.
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* iESS: Process runners now return the inferior buffer. Note that
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callers of inferior runners should not assume that the current
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buffer has been set to the inferior buffer. Instead, use
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'with-current-buffer' with the return value of the inferior.
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* iESS[SAS]: The SAS keymap was only set in iESS buffers called
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'*SAS*'. This is now fixed.
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* ESS[R]: Fixed longstanding indentation issues involving '::' and
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':::' operators.
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* Implement a more reliable check for the process busy state.
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Background actions such as completion and directory synchronization
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should not block the process and should not cause printing of the
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extraneous output to the interpreter.
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* Activate 'goto-address-mode' for url and email highlighting in
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inferior buffers.
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* 'smart-underscore' and 'ess-smart-S-assign-key' have been removed.
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Users who liked the previous behavior (i.e. underscore inserting
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"<-") should bind 'ess-insert-assign' to the underscore in their
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Emacs initialization file. For example, '(define-key
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ess-r-mode-map "_" #'ess-insert-assign)' and '(define-key
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inferior-ess-r-mode-map "_" #'ess-insert-assign)' will activate it
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in all ESS R buffers.
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* ESS major modes are now defined using 'define-derived-mode'. This
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makes ESS major modes respect modern conventions such as having
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<language>-mode-hook and <language>-mode-map. Users are encouraged
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to place customizations under the appropriate mode.
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* New option ess-auto-width controls setting the width option on
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window changes. Users can change it to 'frame, 'window, or an
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integer. See the documentation for details.
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'ess-auto-width-visible' controls visibility.
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* ESS now respects 'display-buffer-alist'. Users can now use
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'display-buffer-alist' to manage how and where windows appear. See
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*Note (ess)Controlling buffer display:: for more information and
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examples.
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* 'ess-roxy-mode' can now be enabled in non-R buffers. This is
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primarily intended to support roxygen documentation for cpp
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buffers. Preview functionality is not supported outside R buffers.
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* ESS[R]: DESCRIPTION files now open in 'conf-colon-mode'.
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* 'ess-style' now has effects when set as a file or directory local
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variable.
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* 'ess-default-style' is now obsolete, use 'ess-style' instead.
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* Options for 'ess-gen-proc-buffer-name-function' have been renamed.
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ess-gen-proc-buffer-name:projectile-or-simple was renamed to
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ess-gen-proc-buffer-name:project-or-simple and
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ess-gen-proc-buffer-name:projectile-or-directory was renamed to
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ess-gen-proc-buffer-name:project-or-directory. As the name
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suggests, these now rely on project.el (included with Emacs) rather
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than projectile.el, which is a third-party package.
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* ESS[R]: devtools commands ask about saving modified buffers before
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running. Users can disable the questioning with
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'ess-save-silently'.
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* ESS[R] help pages now provide links to other help topics. This is
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similar with what you would see with, for example
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'options(help_type = ``html'')' but works with the plain-text
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version as well. This only works with 'options(useFancyQuotes =
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TRUE)' (the default).
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* 'ess-rdired' buffers now derive from tabulated-list-mode. They
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should look better and be a bit faster overall. The size column
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now displays object sizes in bytes.
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* 'ess-rdired' buffers now auto-update. The frequency is governed by
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the new option 'ess-rdired-auto-update-interval'.
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* ESS[R]: 'electric-layout-mode' is now supported. This
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automatically inserts a newline after an opening curly brace in R
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buffers. To enable it, customize 'ess-r-mode-hook'.
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* ESS[R]: imenu now supports assignment with the equals sign.
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* ESS[Rd]: Rd no longer writes abbrevs to user's abbrev file.
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* ESS removed support for many unused languages. This includes old
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versions of S+, ARC, OMG, VST, and XLS.
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The following have been made obsolete or removed, see their
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documentation for more detail:
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* Libraries for literate data analysis are obsolete and not loaded by
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default. This includes 'ess-noweb', 'ess-swv', and related
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functionality like 'Rnw-mode'. Users are encouraged to switch to
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one of several other packages that deal with these modes. For
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example, polymode <https://github.com/polymode/poly-R/>,
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<https://polymode.github.io/>, or markdown-mode with edit-indirect
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<https://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode>.
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* Support for 'auto-complete' is obsolete. The 'auto-complete'
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package is unmaintained and so ESS support is now obsolete. Users
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are encouraged to switch to 'company-mode' instead.
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* User options for controlling display of buffers. This includes
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'ess-show-buffer-action', 'inferior-ess-same-window',
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'inferior-ess-own-frame', and 'inferior-ess-frame-alist'. See
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above about ESS respecting 'display-buffer-alist'.
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* Variables 'ess-tab-always-indent' and 'ess-tab-complete-in-script'.
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Use the Emacs-wide setting of 'tab-always-indent' instead.
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* 'inferior-ess-*-start-file' variables. All modes except Stata did
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not respect customization of this variable. In order to load a
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file on startup, you should put a function on
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'ess-*-post-run-hook'.
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Bug Fixes in 18.10.3:
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* More 'Makefile' fixes, notably installing '*.el's.
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Bug Fixes in 18.10.2:
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* ESS[R] Fix namespace evaluation in non-installed packages.
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Evaluation is directed into GlobalEnv as originally intended.
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* 'Makefile' fixes, notably for 'make install' and including full
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docs in the tarballs.
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Bug Fixes in 18.10-1:
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* New functions 'ess-eval-line-visibly-and-step' ('C-c C-n' and
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'ess-eval-region-or-line-visibly-and-step' ('C-RET') which behave
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as the old versions of 'ess-eval-line-and-step' and
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'ess-eval-region-or-line-and-step'.
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Changes and New Features in 18.10:
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* This is the last release to support Emacs older than 25.1. Going
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forward, only GNU Emacs 25.1 and newer will be supported. Soon
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after this release, support for older Emacs versions will be
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dropped from the git master branch. Note that MELPA uses the git
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master branch to produce ESS snapshots, so if you are using Emacs <
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25.1 from MELPA and are unable to upgrade, you should switch to
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MELPA-stable.
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* ESS now displays the language dialect in the mode-line. So, for
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example, R buffers will now show ESS[R] rather than ESS[S].
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* The ESS manual has been updated and revised.
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* The ESS initialization process has been further streamlined. If
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you update the autoloads (which installation from 'package-install'
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does), you should not need to '(require 'ess-site)' at all, as
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autoloads should automatically load ESS when it is needed (e.g.
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the first time an R buffer is opened). In order to defer loading
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your ESS config, you may want to do something like
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'(with-require-after-load "ess" <ess-config-here>)' in your Emacs
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init file. Users of the popular 'use-package' Emacs package can
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now do '(use-package ess :defer t)' to take advantage of this
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behavior. *Note (ess)Activating and Loading ESS:: for more
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information on this feature.
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* ESS now respects Emacs conventions for keybindings. This means
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that The 'C-c [letter]' bindings have been removed. This affects
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'C-c h', which was bound to 'ess-eval-line-and-step-invisibly' in
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'sas-mode-local-map'; 'C-c f', which was bound to
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'ess-insert-function-outline' in 'ess-add-MM-keys'; and 'C-c h',
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which was bound to 'ess-handy-commands' in 'Rd-mode-map',
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'ess-noweb-minor-mode-map', and 'ess-help-mode-map'
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* Functions 'ess-eval-line-and-step' and
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'ess-eval-region-or-line-and-step' now behave consistently with
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other evaluation function inside a package.
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* ESS[R]: 'ess-r-package-use-dir' now works with any mode. This sets
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the working directory to the root of the current package including
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for example C or C++ files within '/src').
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* ESS[R]: Long + + prompts in the inferior no longer offset output.
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* ESS[R]: New option 'strip' for 'inferior-ess-replace-long+'. This
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strips the entire + + sequence.
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* ESS modes now inherit from 'prog-mode'. In the next release, ESS
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modes will use 'define-derived-mode' so that each mode will have
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(for example) its own hooks and keymaps.
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* ESS[R]: Supports flymake in R buffers for Emacs 26 and newer.
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Users need to install the 'lintr' package to use it. Customizable
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options include 'ess-use-flymake', 'ess-r-flymake-linters', and
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'ess-r-flymake-lintr-cache'.
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* ESS[R]: Gained support for xref in Emacs 25+. *Note (emacs)Xref::
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* ESS[R]: The startup screen is cleaner. It also displays the
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startup directory with an explicit 'setwd()'.
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* ESS[R]: Changing the working directory is now always reflected in
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the process buffer.
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* ESS[R]: 'Makevars' files open with 'makefile-mode'.
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* New variable 'ess-write-to-dribble'. This allows users to disable
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the dribble ('*ESS*') buffer if they wish.
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* All of the '*-program-name' variables have been renamed to
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'*-program'. Users who previously customized e.g.
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'inferior-ess-R-program-name' will need to update their
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customization to 'inferior-ess-R-program'. These variables are
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treated as risky variables.
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* 'ess-smart-S-assign' was renamed to 'ess-insert-assign'. It
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provides similar functionality but for any keybinding, not just
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'_'. For instance if you bind it to ';', repeated invocations
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cycle through between assignment and inserting ';'.
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* 'C-c C-=' is now bound to 'ess-cycle-assign' by default. See the
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documentation for details. New user customization option
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'ess-assign-list' controls which assignment operators are cycled.
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* ESS[R] In remote sessions, the ESSR package is now fetched from
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GitHub.
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* Commands that send the region to the inferior process now deal with
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rectangular regions. See the documentation of 'ess-eval-region'
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for details. This only works on Emacs 25.1 and newer.
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* ESS[R]: Improvements to interacting with iESS in non-R files.
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Interaction with inferior process in non-R files within packages
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(for instance C or C++ files) has been improved. This is a work in
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progress.
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* ESS[R]: Changing the working directory is now always reflected in
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the process buffer.
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* ESS[JAGS]: *.jog and *.jmd files no longer automatically open in
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JAGS mode.
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Many improvements to fontification:
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* Improved customization for faces. ESS now provides custom faces
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for (nearly) all faces used and places face customization options
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into their own group. Users can customize these options using 'M-x
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customize-group RET ess-faces'.
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* Many new keywords were added to 'ess-R-keywords' and
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'ess-R-modifiers'. See the documentation for details.
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* ESS[R]: 'in' is now only fontified when inside a 'for' construct.
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This avoids spurious fontification, especially in the output buffer
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where 'in' is a common English word.
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* ESS: Font-lock keywords are now generated lazily. That means you
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can now add or remove keywords from variables like 'ess-R-keywords'
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in your Emacs configuration file after loading ESS (i.e. in the
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':config' section for 'use-package' users).
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* ESS[R]: Fontification of roxygen '@param' keywords now supports
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comma-separated parameters.
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* ESS[R]: Certain keywords are only fontified if followed by a
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parenthesis. Function-like keywords such as 'if ()' or 'stop()'
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are no longer fontified as keyword if not followed by an opening
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parenthesis. The same holds for search path modifiers like
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'library()' or 'require()'.
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* ESS[R]: Fixed fontification toggling. Especially certain syntactic
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elements such as '%op%' operators and backquoted function
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definitions.
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* ESS[R]: 'ess-font-lock-toggle-keyword' can be called interactively.
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This command asks with completion for a font-lock group to toggle.
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This functionality is equivalent to the font-lock menu.
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Notable bug fixes:
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* 'prettify-symbols-mode' no longer breaks indentation. This is
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accomplished by having the pretty symbols occupy the same number of
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characters as their non-pretty cousins. You may customize the new
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variable 'ess-r-prettify-symbols' to control this behavior.
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* ESS: Inferior process buffers are now always displayed on startup.
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Additionally, they don't hang Emacs on failures.
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Obsolete libraries, functions, and variables:
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* The 'ess-r-args.el' library has been obsoleted and will be removed
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in the next release. Use 'eldoc-mode' instead, which is on by
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default.
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* Functions and options dealing with the smart assign key are
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obsolete. The following functions have been made obsolete and will
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be removed in the next release of ESS: 'ess-smart-S-assign',
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'ess-toggle-S-assign', 'ess-toggle-S-assign-key',
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'ess-disable-smart-S-assign'.
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The variable 'ess-smart-S-assign-key' is now deprecated and will be
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removed in the next release. If you would like to continue using
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'_' for inserting assign in future releases, please bind
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'ess-insert-assign' in 'ess-mode-map' the normal way.
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* ESS[S]: Variable 'ess-s-versions-list' is obsolete and ignored.
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Use 'ess-s-versions' instead. You may pass arguments by starting
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the inferior process with the universal argument.
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Changes and New Features in 17.11:
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* The ESS initialization process has been streamlined. You can now
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load the R and Stata modes independently from the rest of ESS. Just
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put '(require 'ess-r-mode)' or '(require 'ess-stata-mode)' in your
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init file. This is for experienced Emacs users as this requires
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setting up autoloads for '.R' files manually. We will keep
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maintaining 'ess-site' for easy loading of all ESS features.
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* Reloading and quitting the process is now more robust. If no
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process is attached, ESS now switches automatically to one
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(prompting you for selection if there are several running).
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Reloading and quitting will now work during a debug session or when
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R is prompting for input (for instance after a crash). Finally,
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the window configuration is saved and restored after reloading to
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prevent the buffer of the new process from capturing the cursor.
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* ESS[R]: New command 'ess-r-package-use-dir'. It sets the working
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directory of the current process to the current package directory.
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* ESS[R] Lookup for references in inferior buffers has been improved.
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New variable 'ess-r-package-source-roots' contains package
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sub-directories which are searched recursively during the file
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lookup point. Directories in 'ess-tracebug-search-path' are now
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also searched recursively.
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* ESS[R] Namespaced evaluation is now automatically enabled only in
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the 'R/' directory. This way ESS will not attempt to update
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function definitions from a package if you are working from e.g. a
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test file.
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Changes and New Features in 16.10:
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* ESS[R]: Syntax highlighting is now more consistent. Backquoted
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names are not fontified as strings (since they really are
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identifiers). Furthermore they are now correctly recognized when
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they are function definitions or function calls.
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* ESS[R]: Backquoted names and '%op%' operators are recognized as
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sexp. This is useful for code navigation, e.g. with 'C-M-f' and
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'C-M-b'.
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* ESS[R]: Integration of outline mode with roxygen examples fields.
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You can use outline mode's code folding commands to fold the
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examples field. This is especially nice to use with well
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documented packages with long examples set. Set
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'ess-roxy-fold-examples' to non-nil to automatically fold the
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examples field when you open a buffer.
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* ESS[R]: New experimental feature: syntax highlighting in roxygen
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examples fields. This is turned off by default. Set
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'ess-roxy-fontify-examples' to non-nil to try it out.
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* ESS[R]: New package development command 'ess-r-devtools-ask' bound
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to 'C-c C-w C-a'. It asks with completion for any devtools command
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that takes 'pkg' as argument.
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* ESS[R]: New command 'C-c C-e C-r' to reload the inferior process.
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Currently only implemented for R. The R method runs
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'inferior-ess-r-reload-hook' on reloading.
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* ESS[R]: 'ess-r-package-mode' is now activated in non-file buffers
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as well.
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Bug fixes in 16.10:
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* ESS[R]: Fix broken (un)flagging for debugging inside packages
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* ESS[R]: Fixes (and improvements) in Package development
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* ESS[R]: Completion no longer produces '...=' inside 'list( )'.
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* ESS[R]: Better debugging and tracing in packages.
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* ESS[R]: Better detection of symbols at point.
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* ESS[R]: No more spurious warnings on deletion of temporary files.
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* ESS[julia]: help and completion work (better)
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* ESS[julia]: available via 'ess-remote'
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Changes and New Features in 16.04:
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* ESS[R]: 'developer' functionality has been refactored. The new
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user interface consists of a single command
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'ess-r-set-evaluation-env' bound by default to 'C-c C-t C-s'. Once
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an evaluation environment has been set with, all subsequent ESS
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evaluation will source the code into that environment. By default,
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for file within R packages the evaluation environment is set to the
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package environment. Set 'ess-r-package-auto-set-evaluation-env'
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to 'nil' to disable this.
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* ESS[R]: New 'ess-r-package-mode' This development mode provides
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features to make package development easier. Currently, most of
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the commands are based on the 'devtools' packages and are
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accessible with 'C-c C-w' prefix. See the documentation of
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'ess-r-package-mode' function for all available commands. With
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'C-u' prefix each command asks for extra arguments to the
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underlying devtools function. This mode is automatically enabled
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in all files within R packages and is indicated with '[pkg:NAME]'
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in the mode-line.
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* ESS[R]: Help lookup has been improved. It is now possible to get
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help for namespaced objects such as pkg::foobar. Furthermore, ESS
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recognizes more reliably when you change 'options('html_type')'.
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* ESS[R]: New specialized breakpoints for debugging magrittr pipes
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* ESS: ESS now implements a simple message passing interface to
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communicate between ESS and inferior process.
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Bug fixes in 16.04:
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* ESS[R]: Roxygen blocks with backtics are now correctly filled
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* ESS[R]: Don't skip breakpoints in magrittr's 'debug_pipe'
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* ESS[R]: Error highlighting now understands 'testthat' type errors
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* ESS[Julia]: Added getwd and setwd generic commands
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