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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to ESS
1.1 Why should I use ESS?
1.2 New features in ESS
1.3 Authors of and contributors to ESS
1.4 Getting the latest version of ESS
1.5 How to read this manual
2. Starting the ESS process
2.1 Running more than one ESS process
2.2 Changing the startup actions
3. Interacting with the ESS process
3.1 Entering commands and fixing mistakes
3.2 Completion of object names
3.3 Completion details
3.4 Manipulating the transcript
3.4.1 Manipulating the output from the last command
3.4.2 Viewing more historic commands
3.4.3 Re-submitting commands from the transcript
3.4.4 Keeping a record of your S session
3.5 Command History
3.6 References to historical commands
3.7 Hot keys for common commands
3.8 Is the Statistical Process running under ESS?
3.9 Other commands provided by inferior-ESS
4. Editing S functions
4.1 Creating or modifying S objects
4.2 Loading source files into the ESS process
4.3 Detecting errors in source files
4.4 Sending code to the ESS process
4.5 Indenting and formatting S code
4.6 Commands for motion, completion and more
4.7 Maintaining S source files
4.8 Names and locations of dump files
5. Reading help files in ESS
6. Manipulating saved transcript files
6.1 Resubmitting commands from the transcript file
6.2 Cleaning transcript files
7. Other features of ESS
7.1 Syntactic highlighting of buffers
7.2 Using graphics with ESS
7.2.1 Using ESS with the printer() driver
7.2.2 Using ESS with windowing devices
7.3 Object Completion
8. Bugs and Bug Reporting, Mailing Lists
8.1 Bugs
8.2 Reporting Bugs
8.3 Mailing Lists
9. Help, arranged by Statistical Package
9.1 Using S-PLUS 3.x, 5.x
9.2 Using S-PLUS 4.x
9.3 Using R
9.4 Using SAS
9.5 Using XLispStat
9.6 Using Stata
10. Help, arranged by Operating System
10.1 Help for Unix
10.2 Help for Microsoft
A. Installing ESS on your system
A.1 Unix installation
A.2 Microsoft Windows installation
A.3 Other variables you may need to change
B. Customizing ESS
B.1 Variables for customization
B.1.1 Variables for starting ESS
B.1.2 Variables for dump files
B.1.3 Variables controlling indentation
B.1.4 Variables controlling interaction with the ESS process
B.2 Customizing ESS with hooks
B.3 Changing the default ESS keybindings
Key (Character) Index
Command and Function Index
Concept Index
Variable and command index


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