On Fri, 2014-08-01 at 11:32 -0700, Sarvagnan Subramanian wrote: > I'd like to pose a question on the ess config itself. I haven't been > able to find a satisfactory explanation anywhere. What directory do > you need to provide in the seta inferior-julia-program-name field? > When starting julia with M-x julia, this question comes up "ESS > (*julia*) starting data directory?". What argument does this require? > I've tried a variety of arguments including the julia install > directory (/usr/local/Cellar/julia/HEAD/bin/julia), my home directory, > location of julia history, and location of julia packages. All of > these produce an error that says cannot read .juliahistory. Do you > have any idea how to fix this? > Thanks! You should answer with whatever directory you'd like to work in for your project. You can just hit enter, which I think leaves you in whatever directory emacs thinks you have current.
The can't read .juliahistory message is normal the first time through. Once you've worked in a directory it will have a .juliahistory (unless that part of ESS isn't working--I haven't been paying attention to it). Ross Boylan
