Cannot use stata in org-mode with spacemacs

[jia-j-chen]

Description

Recently, I started using spacemacs and enjoy it very much. For a while, I was able to use Stata in org-mode in spacemacs through ESS. After a recent spacemacs update, I cannot use Stata in org-mode anymore because Stata is obsolete the latest release of ESS. When I try to edit the following code block,
#+begin_src stata :tangle yes
webuse auto;
#+end_src
I cannot open the clock block and get an error message as follows

org-edit-src-code: No such language mode: stata-mode

I am using the develop branch of spacemacs 0.300 with emacs 27.0.50. And, I output my system information using

uname -a

with the following output

Linux 4.15.0-112-generic #113~16.04.1-Ubuntu x86_64 GNU/Linux

How do I use Stata in org-mode with spacemacs?

Reproduction guide 🪲

• Start Emacs
• Open an org file
• Use SPC-m ' to open a code block, such as
  #+begin_src stata :tangle yes
  webuse auto;
  #+end_src

Observed behaviour: 👀 💔
I cannot open the code block and receive a message saying "org-edit-src-code: No such language mode: stata-mode"

Expected behaviour: ❤️ 😄
I expect to open the code block and edit the code block in org-mode.

System Info 💻

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 27.0.50
• Spacemacs: 0.300.0
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. 39df5e2)
• Graphic display: t
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: hybrid
• Completion: helm
• Layers:

((helm :variables helm-candidate-number-limit 1000)
 emacs-lisp git
 (markdown :variables markdown-live-preview-engine 'vmd)
 bibtex html csv org ess
 (chinese :variables chinese-enable-fcitx t chinese-fcitx-use-dbus t pyim-default-scheme 'ziranma-shuangpin)
 latex auto-completion ranger version-control pdf
 better-defaults markdown
 (syntax-checking :variables syntax-checking-enable-by-default nil)
 spell-checking python
 (shell :variables shell-default-height 30 shell-default-position 'bottom))

• System configuration features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB NOTIFY INOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE HARFBUZZ M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 XDBE XIM MODULES THREADS XWIDGETS LIBSYSTEMD PDUMPER LCMS2 GMP

Backtrace 🐾

<<BACKTRACE IF RELEVANT>>

[smile13241324]

If stata is obsolete in ess it will not longer be supported in org, except that you have a package providing this support instead. Still I have just glanced over your ticket so my comment could be completely wrong.

I think someone working with ESS at least should check whether stata is still part of ESS and if it is not whether its support has moved into a new package.

If the support is gone I don't see a way to add this back except of making a PR upstream.

[jia-j-chen]

@smile13241324 , thank you!

I temporarily solve this problem by downgrading ESS to an earlier version, and it works for now. I take steps as follows.

1. Remove the ess layer from dotspacemacs-configuration-layers of .spacemacs
2. Add the following into dotspacemacs-additional-packages of .spacemacs
   (ess :location (recipe :fetcher git :url "https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS.git" :commit "14b9a3091916a1cb74dec7336e8461590dfc6a7d" :files ("lisp/*.el" "contrib/lisp/*.el" "doc/dir" "doc/*.texi" "etc")))
3. Then restart spacemacs (SPC q r).

#7071 and #6575 are helpful references

[smile13241324]

So this is a dropped feature from ESS? Then I am afraid we cannot do much in Spacemacs, except if you have an alternative package to integrate.

[smile13241324]

Dropped feature from upstream, must be clarified in the ESS project.