Re: Recently emacs hangs on startup due to ESS

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Cook, Malcolm <MEC@stowers.org> wrote:
> I would install latest ess fresh.

I wondered about that as well, so I tried that prior to posting here.
Sorry, I should have listed my version, which is now 15.03-1.

> What version of emacs?  The package manager is a moving target these days.

GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.2)
(installed via Arch Linux standard package)

> Try to use the package manager to interactively install the latest
>
>> - emacs -Q
>> following: http://melpa.org/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#/getting-started
>> - putting this in the buffer
>
> (require 'package) ;; You might already have this line
> (add-to-list 'package-archives
>              '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
> (when (< emacs-major-version 24)
>   ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
>   (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
> (package-initialize) ;; You might already have this line
>

I could do this, though I've sort of decided to steer away from
packages and just manage things manually via my ~/.elisp/site-lisp
folder. Would this have an affect? My process was to simply download
the .zip of ESS, and unpack to ~/.elisp/site-lisp/ess (after deleting
the old version). This way, my .emacs can continue to point to
~/.elisp/site-lisp/ess/lisp regardless of what version I have.

If manual vs. [m]elpa would make a difference, I suppose I could give
the above a whirl.


Best regards,
John

>
>>
>> - M-x eval-region on the above lines
>>
>
> Then, M-x list-packages and install it by positioning the cursor on the line mentioning the ess package from melpa and typing "I".
>
> The type "x" to execute your decision, and confirm with "yes".
>
> Now, delete or move/hide your old ess bits and restart emacs.
>
> Did it work?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+mec=stowers.org@gnu.org [mailto:emacs-
>> orgmode-bounces+mec=stowers.org@gnu.org] On Behalf Of John Hendy
>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 2:51 PM
>> To: emacs-orgmode
>> Subject: [O] Recently emacs hangs on startup due to ESS
>>
>> Over the past couple of weeks, I've been having some issues with emacs
>> hanging on startup. I usually kill the process, but inadvertently left it in the
>> background today, noting much later that it ended up starting. I played with
>> commenting out various parts of my config until I narrowed things down to
>> the line:
>>
>> (require 'ess-site)
>>
>> the message buffer displays "enabling speedbar support" for a reeeaaally
>> long time before it eventually starts up.
>>
>> I tried debug-on-signal and eval-expression-debug-on-error... I'm not sure
>> what is supposed to happen with debug options, but no debug buffer pops
>> up. The only lines that appear relevant in *Messages* are:
>>
>> ad-handle-definition: `ess-indent-command' got redefined
>> ad-handle-definition: `ess-eval-line-and-step' got redefined
>>
>> How might I diagnose this further?. I'm not familiar with chasing down Emacs
>> issues other than narrowing it down to a config file option.
>>
>> I can reproduce this with:
>> - emacs -Q
>> - putting this in the buffer
>>
>> (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/ess/lisp") (require 'ess-site)
>>
>> - M-x eval-region on the above two lines
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>> John
>