[R] problems with postscript device

[Alvaro A. Novo]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Wolfgang Koller wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The postscript device in 0.90 does not produce symbols (pch=) as it 
> should. E.g.:
> 
> 
> postscript(file="test.ps",width=8,height=6.4,horizontal=FALSE)
> plot(1:10,1:10,pch=1:5)

I would suggest that you use instead:

 plot(1:10,1:10,pch=1:5, cex=0.4)
			 ^^^^^^^

cex = 1 being the default.

Alvaro A. Novo

> legend(1,9,letters[1:5],pch=1:5)
> dev.off()
> 
> The result looks quite different compared to the X-windows version. 
> The symbol 1 (pch=1) is much to small, while the other symbols 
> seem to big.
> 
> Is it a bug? How can I work it around?
> 
> 
> Wolfgang Koller
> 
> 
> 
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