[R] Xemacs, ESS, R config issue

Patrick Drechsler patrick at pdrechsler.de
Thu Mar 29 22:19:33 CEST 2007


"c n" <rhelpme at gmail.com> writes:

> When I use Xemacs with ESS running in R-mode, and I type a "-" character, it
> autocompletes it to "<- ".  How do I disable this annoying "feature"?

>From the ESS manual:

,----
|    * ESS[S]: Pressing underscore ("_") once inserts " <- " (as before);
|      pressing underscore twice inserts a literal underscore.  To stop
|      this smart behaviour, add "(ess-toggle-underscore nil)" to your
|      .emacs after ess-site has been loaded;
`----

HTH

Patrick
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