default directory changed?

[sfg]

When starting a R process from a Rnw file, R starts in the parent, not in the directory of the file. How can I change this to the previous behavior?

According to #461 I added

(setq project-find-function nil)
(setq ess-startup-directory nil)

but this does not work. I use ess version 20220201.816 from MELPA.

[sfg]

Seems to be a problem on my side: this only happens in one of my directories.

[vspinu]

let's keep this open. Wee need a good defcustom to control this behavior. (#1186)

[vspinu]

I have made some changes. You can do now (setq ess-startup-directory 'default-directory) to always start int he current directory (the old behavior).