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From: David M Smith <D.M.Smith@lancs.ac.uk>
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To: s-news@utstat.toronto.edu
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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 96 10:03:48 GMT
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Without wishing to inflame this somewhat evangelical debate even
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further, but since it seems several people are wondering, I thought
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I'd point out just what benefits are available in using S-mode under
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Emacs compared to the usual Unix "Splus -e" or S-plus for Windows:
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* Much improved command-line and history facility, including
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recall of commands containing a particular string, and
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saving of history between sessions
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* Completion of S object names with the TAB key (like
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tcsh/bash) to reduce typing
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* Automatic recording of session transcripts (input and
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output) and facility for re-executing commands from saved
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* A specialised mode for editing S functions, including
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automatic indentation, coloured syntax highlighting, and
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error location. You can easily edit more than one function
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at a time (and continue to use the S command line in the
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meantime), and do partial or line-by-line evaluation of
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functions for testing/debugging
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* Facility for running more than one S session simultaneously
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If it seems like these facilities would make your life that little bit
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better, and you have the time to invest in learning Emacs and
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installing S-mode, then it may be time well invested. If, when using
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S-plus, you never think to yourself "Gee, I wish doing *this* was
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easier!" then it's probably not worth it. Nonetheless, more
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information about S-mode is available from
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http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk:2080/~maa036/elisp/S-mode/
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David M. Smith, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University
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<D.M.Smith@lancaster.ac.uk> x3952 http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk:2080/~maa036/
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