I'm running emacs 24.2.1 on OpenSUSE 12.2 x 64. I am trying to get ESS mode to load rJava properly. I get it to work from M-x shell by saving the environment vars from R CMD javareconf to my .bashrc. Now, when I run R in shell-mode, it works fine and loads the libraries and finds the paths without issue.
The Problem occurs when I try to use ESS mode (M-x R RET), which apparently doesn't read my .bashrc . How can I get an in-emacs program like ESS to read my variables, without lengthy double-coding them into my .emacs file?
Move your environment variable settings from .bashrc to .xinitrc. This way they'll be set for GUI applications like emacs, not just programs you run from terminal shells.