[Rd] R-2.8.0 : get platform device with get(getOption("device"))

[Prof Brian Ripley]

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On Wed, 7 May 2008, Frédéric Lafitte wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a R-package that works fine with R 2.7.0 (it builds, checks and
> installs) but not with R 2.8.0.

There is no 'R 2.8.0' and will not be for some months.  You probably mean 
R-devel, but your code has been erroneous since R 2.5.0.

> Running check in 2.8.0 gives the following output :
> [...]
> * checking examples ... ERROR
> [...]
> The error most likely occurred in:
> [...]
>> dev <- show.pr(mr.tbl, col="green", type="b")
> Error in get(getOption("device")) : invalid first argument
> Calls: show.pr -> get
> Execution halted
>
> How can I change this code so that it works fine with R 2.8.0?
>
> Thanks!
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