[Rd] bug in pictex() (package:grDevices) (PR#8727)

[sds at podval.org]

> * Prof Brian Ripley <evcyrl at fgngf.bk.np.hx> [2006-03-29 15:39:17 +0100]:
>
> Have you reported this to pictex()'s author?

no, I have no idea who that is.

> Remember that it is a contributed graphics device, and not one r-core
> is maintaining.  You could also submit a patch yourself.
>
> There is quite a lot wrong with it, as it has not been more than
> minimally updated for years.

I see.
I now submitted this bug via the web interface.
(for some reason it is duplicated, sorry about that)

> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Sam Steingold wrote:
>
>> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
>> that has been posted to gmane.comp.lang.r.general as well.
>>
>> running
>>     pictex()
>>     plot(1:11,(-5:5)^2, type='b', main="Simple_Example_Plot")
>>     dev.off()
>> (as in the pictex example, but with underscores instead of spaces).
>> the TeX file contains
>>
>> \put {Simple_Example_Plot}  [lB] <0.00pt,0.00pt> at 124.00 275.33
>>
>> the underscores have a special meaning in TeX, so they should be quoted
>> or converted to dashes.

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