[R] trouble running pixmap examples

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Andrew Schuh wrote:

> I am having trouble running the 'read.pnm' examples in this package.
>  Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
>
> I am using the current package and running Redhat 7.2 (intel).  The
> other examples seem fine but I can't seem to pull in files.

You aren't using the current R, though.  You need R 1.3.1 for

readBin(con, "integer", n = ncells, size = 1, signed = F)

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> [Previously saved workspace restored]
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>  > library(pixmap)
>  > x_read.pnm(system.file("pictures/logo.ppm",package="pixmap")[1])
> Error in readBin(con, "integer", n = ncells, size = 1, signed = F) :
>     unused argument(s) (signed ...)
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