[R] X11 device now needs to be explicitly started?

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 07:35 pm, Patrick Connolly wrote:
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> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major    1
> minor    6.2
> year     2003
> month    01
> day      10
> language R
>
>
> Until this version, I've not had to explicitly start the x11 device.
> Now, (at least with lattice plots), one is not automatically started

Could you explain ? There's sometimes a warning, but I haven't seen the device 
not being opened. 

> once it's recognised that no device is open.  I notice that lots of
> things have changed with x11 with this release.
> Is the current behaviour by design or fault?
>
> best