Re: org babel, ess, R

[Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org>]

> 
>> When I press C-c' in an R code block to open an edit buffer with ess, on my
>> computer, it splits the screen into two side-by-side windows, with the new
>> window on the right showing the edit buffer, and the window on the left
>> showing the original file.
>> 
>> I would like to change this behaviour in two ways.
>> 
>> 1. I would like the window that continues to show the original file to
>> instead show the R session in which lines from the edit buffer can be
>> evaluated. I can manually change the buffer in this window to show me the R
>> session but I was wondering if this can be the default behaviour.
> 
> I fail to see how this could be a default behaviour since this is very
> specific to R source blocks.
> 

Isn’t is what most users need while editing the code block? The possibility of evaluating the code to test and see what happens? At present, one window shows the original buffer, which is, at least in my case, not needed while I am editing the code.

Is this an R specific need? Do people working with other languages not need this?


> I suggest to implement your own `org-edit-special' wrapper, and bind it
> to C-c ' (or advise the function).
> 


Thanks for the pointer. Let me look at this.

Thanks and best wishes,

Vikas