It looks like you are not using ESS correctly. ESS is designed to work from a buffer containing a file whose name has the ".r" extension. Thus, open a file, for example, C-x C-f myfile.r and then start using R.
My diagnosis is based on your line > highlight: (either in a text buffer or *ESS*) ESS won't work from a text buffer because R code has different requirements from ordinary written paragraphs in English or another natural language. The *ESS* buffer is part of the background mechanism that makes ESS work. It is not intended that a user ever look at the *ESS* buffer. One other issue that your original email suggests. We do not recommend the statement v=c(1,2,3) for assignment. It is much better to use the assignment arrow v <- c(1,2,3) (with spaces on both sides of the arrow for legibility). It is true that the "=" will usually do what you expect, but there are some subtle differences (mostly in argument lists to functions). While I can expand on the reasons, for the moment I just want to suggest that you get into the habit of using the assignment arrow. Rich ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help