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@settitle ESS --- Emacs Speaks Statistics
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@comment $Id: readme.texi,v 1.21 2002/02/07 17:13:38 rsparapa Exp $
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@node General Information
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@chapter General Information: README
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($Revision: 1.21 $, for ESS version 5.1.20)
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This is the README file for the distribution of ESS version 5.1.20, the
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gamma series we are using on the way to producing 5.2 (the next
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stable distribution). ESS is an Emacs-Lisp interface for interactive
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statistical programming and data analysis. Languages supported include:
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S dialects (S 3/4, S-PLUS 3.x, and R), LispStat dialects (XLispStat,
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ViSta), and SAS. Stata and SPSS dialect (SPSS, PSPP) support is being
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examined for possible future implementation (a preliminary Stata mode is
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Installation help can be found in sections for Unix Installation or
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ESS grew out of the desire for bug fixes and extensions to S-mode-4.8.
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In particular, XEmacs support as well as extensions to incorporate R
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were desired. In addition, with new modes being developed for R,
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Stata, and SAS, it was felt that providing for a unifying framework
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would eliminate differences in the user interface, as well as to
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provide for faster development of production tools and statistical
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analysis. 5.1.x has, for its guts, the basic framework from S-mode.
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However, it has been cleaned, streamlined, brought closer to
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conformance as a standard GNU Emacs package, and redesigned for
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The current development team is led by A.J. (Tony) Rossini
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(@email{rossini@@biostat.washington.edu}), who did the initial port to
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This is the README file for the distribution of ESS version
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The first release of the 5.2 series. ESS is a GNU Emacs and XEmacs mode
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for interactive statistical programming and data analysis. Languages
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supported: the S family (S 3/4, S-PLUS 3/4/5/6/7, and R), SAS, XLispStat,
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Stata and BUGS. Installation help can be found in sections for both
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Unix and Windows. ESS grew out of the desire for bug fixes and
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extensions to S-mode and SAS-mode as well as a consistent union of their
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features in one package.
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The current development team is led by Martin Maechler since August
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2004. Former project leader A.J. (Tony) Rossini
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(@email{rossini@@blindglobe.net}) did the initial port to
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XEmacs and has been the primary coder. Martin Maechler
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(@email{maechler@@stat.math.ethz.ch}) and Kurt Hornik
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(@email{hornik@@ci.tuwien.ac.at}) have assisted with S-PLUS, S4, R, and
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XLispStat sub-modes, and Richard M. Heiberger
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(@email{rmh@@fisher.stat.temple.edu}) has assisted with S-PLUS (under MS
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Windows and remote access) and S4 development. Richard and Rodney Sparapani
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(@email{rsparapa@@mcw.edu}) have done much of the work for implementing the
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SAS sub-mode. Douglas Bates (@email{bates@@stat.wisc.edu}) contributed the
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We are grateful to David M. Smith, the previous developer (for S-mode
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3.x and 4.x), as well as to the initial developers of S-mode, Doug
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Bates, Ed Kademan and Frank Ritter.
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In addition, some of the code has been and will be borrowed from Tom
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Cook (from his excellent SAS mode) and Thomas Lumley (preliminary
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Stata mode), gratefully (from us) and with permission (from them).
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The name is @b{ESS}. Not ESS-mode.
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XLispStat. Stephen Eglen (@email{stephen@@gnu.org}) has worked mostly
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on R support. Richard M. Heiberger (@email{rmh@@temple.edu}) has
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assisted with S-PLUS and S4 development for Windows. Richard and
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Rodney A. Sparapani (@email{rsparapa@@mcw.edu}) have done much of the work
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implementing interactive SAS (iESS[SAS]) and batch SAS (ESS[SAS]) support.
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We are grateful to the previous developers of S-mode (Doug Bates, Ed Kademan,
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Frank Ritter, David M. Smith), SAS-mode (Tom Cook) and Stata-mode (Thomas
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@c The name is ESS. Not ESS-mode.
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@include requires.texi
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@node Latest Version, Installation (from tar file), Requirements, General Information
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@node Latest Version, Installation, Requirements, General Information
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@section Getting the Latest Version
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@include getting.texi
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@c NOTE: The above INCLUDES inst_cvs.texi (CVS Installation)
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@c NOTE: The above INCLUDES inst_svn.texi (Subversion/SVN Installation)
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@node Installation (from tar file), Reporting Bugs, Latest Version, General Information
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@section Installation (from tar file)
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