(PR#1242)[Rd] copy metafile from window() device fails when

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

The problem is known and is in grid/lattice. That starts up a blank page
before the first plot. It is not related to 1.3.1/1.4.0, but to grid
updates.  Paul Murrell has been informed!


On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 andy_liaw@merck.com wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm running into a rather strange problem that hasn't happened before
> R-1.4.0.  If I make a plot on a window() device, and use the menu to either
> save to a metafile or copy to clipboard as a metafile, I get an error
> message in the R console:
>
> Error: A metafile can store only one figure.
>
> This only happens when the lattice (and grid) package is attached,
> regardless of whether the plot is Trellis or non-Trellis.  If I detach both
> lattice and grid, and make the plot on a fresh window() device, I have no
> problem getting the metafile.  If I try trellis.device(win.metafile,
> "try.emf", bg="white"), I get
>
> Error in if (color) { : argument is not interpretable as logical
>
> but the device is openned.  If I try to make a trellis plot, I get
>
> Error in grid.newpage() : A metafile can store only one figure.
>
> Any idea how to get around this problem?  TIA!!

Copy from an on-screen window.

>
> Cheers,
> Andy
> --please do not edit the information below--
>
> Version:
>  platform = i386-pc-mingw32
>  arch = x86
>  os = Win32
>  system = x86, Win32
>  status =
>  major = 1
>  minor = 4.0
>  year = 2001
>  month = 12
>  day = 19
>  language = R
>
> Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 6
>
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:lattice, package:grid, package:ctest, Autoloads,
> package:base
>
> Andy I. Liaw, PhD
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