From: Christophe Rhodes Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:18:14 +0000 (+0100) Subject: slightly clarified the relationship to ESS X-Git-Url: http://christophe.rhodes.io/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d09486d63ca5b3f3254c9814a15548e24e42317;p=swankr.git slightly clarified the relationship to ESS In particular, be careful not to overclaim. Motivated by preparing to announce to the ESS mailing list. --- diff --git a/README b/README index e7ebd91..cf5e37f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ swankr is in the level of integration of various facilities with emacs: ESS uses the browser() debugger, whereas swankr provides its own debugger, sldb; swankr provides a custom REPL with hooks for - common commands; and so on. For Lisp programmers, perhaps the most - useful analogy is to say that swankr is to ESS what SLIME is to - ILISP. At present, however, ESS mode remains active in R source + common commands; and so on. On the other hand, ESS is mature, + feature-rich software, while swankr is only a little more advanced + than a proof-of-concept. For Lisp programmers, perhaps the most + useful analogy is to say that swankr intends to be to ESS what + SLIME is to ILISP. At present, ESS mode remains active in R source buffers, providing font-locking functionality among other things. * Installation ** Running