[R] [ESS] R window: Text is read only (: Another round :)

Albrecht Kauffmann alkauffm at fastmail.fm
Wed Dec 20 22:09:38 CET 2017


Dear Christian,

to leave the read-only state, did you try C-x C-q in the mode line?

Cheers, Albrecht

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  Albrecht Kauffmann
  alkauffm at fastmail.fm

Am Mi, 20. Dez 2017, um 14:26, schrieb Christian:
> Dear All
> 
> Working along in R (Emacs {Aquamacs}, ESS ) usually I am getting a long 
> R buffer with many rows. To reduce its length, I used to select 
> backwards and delete those unnecessary rows. Now I cannot do that, only 
> C-k allows single lines to be deleted. the mode line says 'Text is 
> read-only *R*>'. Both R and ESS are up to date.
> 
> Aquamacs 3.3  GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0, NS 
> appkit-1344.72 Version 10.10.2 (Build 14C109))
> 
> R version 3.4.3 (2017-11-30)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.2
> 
> ess: 0171204.1404
> 
> This behaviour exists at the very start of R where I cannot evendo 
> anything in R.
> 
> The *ESS* buffer says
> 
> (inf-ess 3.0): prog=R, start-args=--no-readline  , echoes=t
> Making Process...Buf *R*, :Proc R, :Prog R
>   :Args= --no-readline
> Start File=nil
> (inferior-ess: waiting for process to start (before hook)
> (inferior-ess 3): waiting for process after hook
> 
> What additional information could be helpful to stop this strange behaviour?
> 
>   TIA  C.
> 
> 
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