[Rd] save image as postscript side-effect (PR#6742)

[Peter Dalgaard]

ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de writes:

> martin.noellenburg at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de wrote:
> 
> > Full_Name: Martin Nöllenburg
> > Version: 1.8.1
> > OS: Win XP
> > Submission from: (NULL) (141.52.232.84)
> > 
> > 
> > When I try to save any image produced by the plot command by choosing "file ->
> > save as -> postscript..." in the menu, the settings for the decimal point are
> > changed from '.' to ',' somehow. 
> > In the postscript output all '.' are replaced by ',' as well, so the file cannot
> > be opened. Furthermore when I type e.g. "3.4" afterwards at the prompt, the next
> > line is just "3":
> > 
> > 
> >>3.4
> > 
> > [1] 3
> 
> Please, can you specify a reproducible example?
> It works for me (at least on WinNT 4.0).

(He probably can't since this kind of problem tends to depend on the
individual system.)

I've seen this a long time ago and I'm fairly sure the reason is a
Windows DLL bug rather than an R one. You might want to check the
archives.

        -p

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