Re: org-babel with R, scrolling an inferior ESS process

[Erik Iverson <eriki@ccbr.umn.edu>]

Hello,

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>> Can anyone
>> 1) replicate that you don't see the scrolling, even with the
>> comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output variable set to 't'?
> 
> Yes, this has been on my todo list for a while! Definitely time to fix it.

Great, I'd be happy to test out the code when it's ready!

> 
>> 2) suggest a way to get the *R* buffer to scroll to the bottom when I
>> execute a source block from an org-mode file to a running *R* session?
> 
> It seems to be fixable by changing a couple of save-window-excursions
> into save-excursions (patch below). I haven't thought of anything that
> this will break, but in any case I suspect that Eric S. will apply the
> correct fix to the main git repo soon.
> 
> As for the 'org_babel_R_eoe' stuff, that is org-babel internals that
> ideally would not be exposed to the user. I suspect that it is possible
> to remove it from the comint buffer -- Eric S. is definitely best placed
> to comment on the best way of doing that.
> 

That would be great, too!


> Please do let us know of any other improvements we can make to using
> org-babel with ESS. Good integration with ESS has been one of our aims
> from the beginning.

I will let you know as I continue using it.  The ultimate improvement 
IMO would be some sort of good multi-mode support, so that things 
between #+begin_src/#+end_src would be fontified according to their 
mode. And when I, for example, move into an R source section in my 
org-mode buffer, all ESS key bindings would work.

I have read a couple recent threads about getting functionality like 
this via two-mode-mode for instance, but they have some quirks that make 
it unusable for me.  Are you and Eric working on anything like this?  I 
have been investigating different options and will let you know if I 
find anything promising!

Thanks!
Erik