[Rd] Graphics devices file[name] argument

[Uwe Ligges]

Paul Roebuck wrote:

> Just got trapped by inconsistency of name of first argument
> for file-based graphics devices. Both 'file' and 'filename'
> are currently in use depending on the device. I ran on a
> machine without PNG support which my code used postscript
> as the backup device and choked here.


Specifying file = ..... should work because of partial matching.

Uwe Ligges


> 
>>do.call(device, list(filename = pathname,
> 
>                        height = height,
>                        width = width))
> 
> --- Method and first argument ---
> postscript(file,
> pdf(file,
> pictex(file,
> xfig(file,
> bitmap(file,
> jpeg(filename,
> png(filename,
> bmp(filename,
> 
> 
> 
>>version
> 
>          _
> platform sparc-sun-solaris2.9
> arch     sparc
> os       solaris2.9
> system   sparc, solaris2.9
> status
> major    1
> minor    9.0
> year     2004
> month    04
> day      12
> language R
> 
> Also verified against R 2.0.1 on Windows
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
> 
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