Christopher Witte writes: > perhaps what you want is a named session, see > http://orgmode.org/manual/session.html Sure - that's what I have. But how can I close the named session when I don't need it anymore, or want to start, the next time I use the named session, with a new session? > > On 28 May 2015 at 10:44, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I can start a session as follow: >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> #+begin_src R :session Test >> cat("Session Test\n") >> #+end_src >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> Now I hava an R session named *Test*. But how can I closes this session? >> I thought about just quitting R >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> #+begin_src R :session Test >> q(save = "no) >> #+end_src >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> but this does not return as ESS is waiting for the prompt (">"). >> >> Is there a way of closing the session *Test* and close the buffer? >> >> My reasoning is that I want to do different longer analysis in one org >> file and start each in its own session, i.e. clean R. But as they >> involve several steps, I don't want to put them into one code block. >> >> So I have several code blocks which I want to execute in a "throw away >> session" which I would like to discard afterwards. >> >> So I am looking for something like >> >> #+CLOSE_SESSION Test >> >> which would then close the session *Test* >> >> Is something like this possible at the moment? >> >> Rainer >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation >> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >> >> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology >> Stellenbosch University >> South Africa >> >> Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 >> Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 >> Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 >> >> Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 >> >> email: Rainer@krugs.de >> >> Skype: RMkrug >> >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 >> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982