[Rd] plot(1:3) malfunctions with par(bg='transparent')

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
>>>>>     on Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:56:39 -0500 writes:

    > Hello, All:
    > Try the following:

    > par(bg='transparent')
    > plot(1:3)

well,  "transparent" is even default... and I definitely can NOT
see a problem with the above.

    > I get two plots superimposed, one over twice the size it should 
    > be, much of it outside the device region.

and definitely not what you describe.

Can you give more details than the sessionInfo below ?

such as if you are running R inside Rstudio, or ??? 


    > Thanks for all you do to make R such a useful tool.  People all 
    > over the world live better today, because R helps improve the 
    > effectiveness of data analysts.


    > Spencer Graves


    >> sessionInfo()
    > R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)
    > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
    > Running under: OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

    > locale:
    > [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

    > attached base packages:
    > [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
    > [7] base

    > loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
    > [1] rsconnect_0.4.3 tools_3.3.1

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