[R] R base package grid does not output raster image

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 24/07/2013 07:23, Terry Seaward wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I don't think this is a remote desktop issue. I can run the following
> code by remoting into both a Windows 7 machine and a Windows Server R2

There are Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 but not R2.

> machine. I can see the results on the Windows 7 machine but not the
> server.

This is a known problem with Windows Remote Desktop: it is nothing to do 
with R.  See ?rasterImage in R.

Basically Remote Desktop restricts the number of colours when connecting 
to a Windows Server machine, and interpolating rasters needs a lot of 
colours.

>> library(grid)
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>> grid.raster(1:10/11)
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> Best regards,
>
> Terry
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>
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