Download emacsspeaksstatistics.zip to the user root ~/ Backup your old .emacs file by writing $ cp .emacs .emacs.old Unzip by writing $ unzip emacsspeaksstatistics.zip Open Splus within emacs $ emacs -f Splus or open R within emacs $ emacs -f R Type C-x 2 (Ctrl+x 2) to split window in two Keep the R/Splus buffer in one window and open a script in another. F1 will send the current line in the script to R/Splus and execute it. F3 will do the same for a marked region. Hints: Start Splus/R from the directory you are going to work in. If working in R remember to say yes to saving the work space if you want to keep the objects created in the session. If working in Splus and you want to keep the objects created in each session you need to write $ Splus CHAPTER in the working directory before you start Splus from the directory the first time (and only the first time!).