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3 @setfilename readme.info
4 @settitle ESS --- Emacs Speaks Statistics
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8 @node General Information, , (dir), (dir)
9 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
10 @chapter General Information: README
13 This is the README file for the distribution of ESS version
16 ESS is a GNU Emacs and XEmacs mode for interactive statistical programming
17 and data analysis. Languages supported: the S family (S 3/4, S-PLUS
18 3/4/5/6/7, and R), SAS, XLispStat, Stata and BUGS. Installation help can
19 be found in sections for both Unix and Windows. ESS grew out of the desire
20 for bug fixes and extensions to S-mode and SAS-mode as well as a consistent
21 union of their features in one package.
23 The current development team is led by Martin Maechler since August
24 2004. Former project leader A.J. (Tony) Rossini
25 (@email{rossini@@blindglobe.net}) did the initial port to
26 XEmacs and has been the primary coder. Martin Maechler
27 (@email{maechler@@stat.math.ethz.ch}) and Kurt Hornik
28 (@email{Kurt.Hornik@@R-project.org}) have assisted with S-PLUS, S4, R, and
29 XLispStat. Stephen Eglen (@email{stephen@@gnu.org}) has worked mostly
30 on R support. Richard M. Heiberger (@email{rmh@@temple.edu}) has
31 assisted with S-PLUS and S4 development for Windows. Richard and
32 Rodney A. Sparapani (@email{rsparapa@@mcw.edu}) have done much of the work
33 implementing interactive SAS (@iESS{[SAS]}) and batch SAS (@ESS{[SAS]}) support.
35 We are grateful to the previous developers of S-mode (Doug Bates, Ed Kademan,
36 Frank Ritter, David M. Smith), SAS-mode (Tom Cook) and Stata-mode (Thomas
38 @c The name is ESS. Not ESS-mode.
42 * Starting an ESS Process::
54 @node License, Starting up, General Information, General Information
55 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
60 @node Starting up, New Features, License, General Information
61 @section Starting an ESS process
62 To start an @Sl{} session on Unix or on Windows when you
63 use the Cygwin bash shell, simply type @kbd{M-x S RET}.
65 To start an @Sl{} session on Windows when you
66 use the MSDOS prompt shell, simply type @kbd{M-x S+6-msdos RET}.
69 @node New Features, Current Features, Starting up, General Information
70 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
75 @node Current Features, Stability, New Features, General Information
76 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
77 @section Current Features
79 @include currfeat.texi
81 @node Stability, Requirements, Current Features, General Information
82 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
85 @include stabilty.texi
87 @node Requirements, Latest Version, Stability, General Information
88 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
91 @include requires.texi
93 @node Latest Version, Installation, Requirements, General Information
94 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
95 @section Getting the Latest Version
98 @c NOTE: The above INCLUDES inst_svn.texi (Subversion/SVN Installation)
100 @c vvvvvvvvvvvv node name *must* match the one in ./ess.texi !
101 @node Installation, Reporting Bugs, Latest Version, General Information
102 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
103 @section Installation (from tar file)
105 @include inst_tar.texi
107 @node Reporting Bugs, Mailing Lists, Installation, General Information
108 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
109 @section Reporting Bugs
111 @include bugrept.texi
113 @node Mailing Lists, Authors, Reporting Bugs, General Information
114 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
115 @section Mailing Lists
117 @include mailing.texi
119 @node Authors, , Mailing Lists, General Information
120 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
123 @include authors.texi
126 @c Remember to delete these lines before creating the info file.
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134 @comment TeX-master: "readme.texi"