Thank you! And for that pointer to the doc string....
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 9:55:52 AM UTC-4, Stephen Eglen wrote: > > As one of the ESS developers, I will try and fix this with 0.4. From > quick inspection, it looks like I can get the same help from the command > line using: > > > ----- > > julia> Base.Docs.@repl pwd > > search: pwd powermod print_with_color > > > pwd() -> AbstractString > > > Get the current working directory. > > ----- > > > If that looks right, I'll try to add that. > > On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 2:33:29 PM UTC+1, Andrei Zh wrote: >> >> ESS mode's integration with Julia's REPL is quite simple and can't handle >> special sequences. It's a pity that `help()` function has been removed from >> 0.4, I didn't see it before your post. >> >> There was a discussion regarding better REPL (network REPL?) recently, >> but AFAIK nobody is working on such solution yet. >> >> >> On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 4:16:33 PM UTC+3, Michael Turok wrote: >>> >>> The issue is that ?Pkg.init isn't recognized either - is there some >>> special REPL handling? >>> >>> julia> ?Pkg.init >>> ERROR: UndefVarError: ? not defined >>> >>> >>> julia> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 9:11:54 AM UTC-4, Mauro wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, help is not a function in 0.4 anymore. Use ?Pkg.init >>>> >>>> Can't help with the other ESS things. I've tried it for a bit but it >>>> introduced a noticeable lag so I switch back to just using >>>> julia-mode.el >>>> >>>> On Thu, 2015-09-17 at 14:32, Michael Turok <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Anyone here running julia under ESS in emacs? >>>> > >>>> > It seems that emacs's ess-mode for julia isn't quite as happy lately >>>> - >>>> > especially with some changes in 0.4 (related to REPL changes, >>>> possibly?). >>>> > For example, help() doesn't do anything...perhaps b/c the REPL now >>>> expects >>>> > "?" to do something useful. >>>> > >>>> > Anyone have any suggestions? (Or am I moving to atom+hydrogen later >>>> > today?) >>>> > >>>> > *Julia 0.3:* >>>> > julia> help(Pkg.init) >>>> > Base.Pkg.init(meta::String=DEFAULT_META, branch::String=META_BRANCH) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Initialize "Pkg.dir()" as a package directory. This will be done >>>> > automatically when the "JULIA_PKGDIR" is not set and >>>> > "Pkg.dir()" uses its default value. As part of this process, >>>> > clones a local METADATA git repository from the site and branch >>>> > specified by its arguments, which are typically not provided. >>>> > Explicit (non-default) arguments can be used to support a custom >>>> > METADATA setup. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > julia> >>>> > >>>> > *Julia 0.4* >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > *julia> help(Pkg.init)ERROR: UndefVarError: help not definedjulia> * >>>> >>>>
