Table of Contents

1. Introduction to ESS

1.1 Why should I use ESS?
1.2 New features in ESS
1.3 Authors of and contributors to ESS
1.4 Getting the latest version of ESS
1.5 How to read this manual

2. Installing ESS on your system

2.1 Unix installation
2.2 Microsoft Windows installation
2.3 Requirements

3. Interacting with statistical programs

3.1 Starting an ESS process
3.2 Running more than one ESS process
3.3 ESS processes on Remote Computers
3.4 S+elsewhere and ESS-elsewhere
3.5 Changing the startup actions

4. Interacting with the ESS process

4.1 Entering commands and fixing mistakes
4.2 Completion of object names
4.3 Completion details
4.4 Manipulating the transcript

4.4.1 Manipulating the output from the last command
4.4.2 Viewing older commands
4.4.3 Re-submitting commands from the transcript
4.4.4 Keeping a record of your S session

4.5 Command History
4.6 References to historical commands
4.7 Hot keys for common commands
4.8 Is the Statistical Process running under ESS?
4.9 Using emacsclient
4.10 Other commands provided by inferior-ESS

5. Manipulating saved transcript files

5.1 Resubmitting commands from the transcript file
5.2 Cleaning transcript files

6. ESS for the S family

6.1 ESS[S]--Editing files
6.2 iESS[S]--Inferior ESS processes
6.3 ESS-help--assistance with viewing help
6.4 Philosophies for using ESS[S]
6.5 Scenarios for use (possibilities--based on actual usage)
6.6 Customization Examples and Solutions to Problems

7. Editing S functions

7.1 Creating or modifying S objects
7.2 Loading source files into the ESS process
7.3 Detecting errors in source files
7.4 Sending code to the ESS process
7.5 Indenting and formatting S code
7.6 Commands for motion, completion and more
7.7 Maintaining S source files
7.8 Names and locations of dump files

8. Editing R documentation files
9. Reading help files
10. ESS for SAS

10.1 ESS[SAS]--Design philosophy
10.2 ESS[SAS]--Editing files
10.3 ESS[SAS]--TAB key
10.4 ESS[SAS]--Batch SAS processes
10.5 ESS[SAS]--Function keys for batch processing
10.6 iESS[SAS]--Interactive SAS processes
10.7 iESS[SAS]--Common problems
10.8 ESS[SAS]--Graphics
10.9 ESS[SAS]--MS Windows

11. ESS for BUGS

11.1 ESS[BUGS]--Model files
11.2 ESS[BUGS]--Command files
11.3 ESS[BUGS]--Log files

12. Other features of ESS

12.1 Syntactic highlighting of buffers
12.2 Using graphics with ESS

12.2.1 Using ESS with the printer() driver
12.2.2 Using ESS with windowing devices
12.2.3 Java Graphics Device

12.3 Imenu
12.4 Toolbar
12.5 TAGS
12.6 Rdired

13. Bugs and Bug Reporting, Mailing Lists

13.1 Bugs
13.2 Reporting Bugs
13.3 Mailing Lists

A. Customizing ESS
Key (Character) Index
Concept Index
Variable and command index