ESS -- Emacs Speaks Statistics

version 5.1.x (Documentation $Revision: 5.12 $ $Date: 1999/04/05 18:53:50 $)

ESS version 5.1.x

(Documentation $Revision: 5.12 $ $Date: 1999/04/05 18:53:50 $).

A.J. Rossini, R.M. Heiberger, K. Hornik, and M. Maechler (Formerly: Doug Bates, Ed Kademan, Frank Ritter and David Smith).

A programming and inferior mode package for (X)Emacs intended for interacting with statistical software packages (primarily S(plus), R, XLisp-Stat, and SAS), for data analysis and statistical software development.

• Introduction: Overview of features provided by this package
• Starting Up: Starting the @b{ESS} process
• Entering commands: Interacting with the process buffer
• Editing: How to create or edit @b{S} objects or functions
• Help: Reading help files in ESS
• Transcript Mode: Manipulating saved transcript files
• Miscellaneous: Other features of ESS
• Bugs: Known bugs in ESS
• Help Statistics
• Help OS
• Installation: Installing ESS on your system
• Customization: Customizing ESS
• Key Index
• Command Index
• Concept Index
• Variable and command index @detailmenu -- The Detailed Node Listing --- Introduction to @b{ESS}
• Features: Why should I use ESS?
• New features
• Credits: Authors of and contributors to ESS
• Latest version: Getting the latest version of ESS
• Manual: How to read this manual Starting the @b{ESS} process
• Multiple ESS processes
• Customizing startup: Changing the startup actions Interacting with the @b{ESS} process
• Command-line editing: Entering commands and fixing mistakes
• Completion: Completion of object names
• Completion details: Advanced completion concepts
• Transcript: Manipulating the transcript
• Command History: Command History
• History expansion: References to historical commands
• Hot keys: Hot keys for common commands
• Other: Other commands provided by inferior-ESS Manipulating the transcript
• Last command: Manipulating the output from the last command
• Process buffer motion: Viewing more historic commands
• Transcript resubmit: Re-submitting commands from the transcript
• Saving transcripts: Keeping a record of your @b{S} session Editing @b{S} functions
• Edit buffer: Edit objects in a specialized buffer
• Loading: Loading source files into the @b{ESS} process
• Error Checking: Detecting errors in source files
• Evaluating code: Sending code to the @b{ESS} process
• Indenting: Indenting and formatting @b{S} code
• Other edit buffer commands: Commands for motion, completion and more
• Source Files: Maintaining @b{S} source files
• Source Directories: Names and locations of dump files Manipulating saved transcript files
• Resubmit: Resubmitting commands from the transcript file
• Clean: Cleaning transcript files Other features of ESS
• Highlighting: Syntactic highlighting of buffers
• Graphics: Using graphics with ESS
• Object Completion Using graphics with ESS
• printer: The printer() graphics driver
• X11: The X11() (and other X-windows based) driver Help, arranged by Statistical Package
• Help on Unix Splus
• Help on Microsoft Splus
• Help on R
• Help on SAS
• Help on XLispStat
• Help on Stata Help, arranged by Operating System
• Help Unix
• Help Microsoft Installing ESS on your system
• System dependent: Other variables you may need to change Customizing ESS
• Variables: Variables for customization
• Hooks: Customizing ESS with hooks
• Keybindings: Changing the default ESS keybindings Variables for customization
• Variables for starting ESS: Variables for starting ESS
• Dump file variables: Variables for dump files
• Indentation variables: Variables controlling indentation
• Variables controlling interaction: Variables controlling interaction with the @b{ESS} process

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