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List:       ess-help
Subject:    Re: [ESS] Problems after Debian update
From:       Brendan Halpin <brendan.halpin () ul ! ie>
Date:       2012-05-05 12:28:08
Message-ID: 87lil6lsmf.fsf () wivenhoe ! ul ! ie
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On Sat, May 05 2012, Vitalie Spinu wrote:

> How do you use stata help system with ESS? 

I don't, really. C-c C-v invokes ess-display-help-on-object but the
output is often truncated. My approach is to read it inline, with the
following little defun assigned to C-c RET, to place the point at the
start of the output:

(defun my-ess-ret-and-watch ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((sit-point (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))))
    (inferior-ess-send-input)
    (goto-char sit-point)
    (recenter 0)))

This is a handy function for any command that outputs a lot of text, but
it would be better for help to appear in another buffer. 

Brendan
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