[R] Using postscript() in a script that is source()ed
Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi
anthony at darrouzet-nardi.net
Wed Jun 2 22:26:48 CEST 2004
I have a script that draws 9 graphics which I would like to run by
source()ing the file. In the script I make objects that contain each
of the graphics (all lattice objects or functions that contain
lattice functions). Then at the end of the script, I have a section
which prints them to separate eps files like this:
postscript(file = "dryoutcover.eps", height = 5, width = 7,
horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special")
dryoutcover.plot # this is an object created by xyplot and it's one
of the ones that doesn't print.
dev.off()
When I run the script using source(), only a couple of the graphics
are drawn in the eps files. For the rest of them, there are blank eps
files.
The script works properly (the 9 eps files all have graphics in them)
when I cut and paste the contents of it into R. It also works
properly if I use source(..., verbose = T) giving output such as:
>>>> eval(expression_nr. 82 )
=================
> postscript(file = "dryoutcover.eps", height = 5, width = 7,
horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special")
curr.fun: symbol postscript
.. after 'expression(postscript(file = "dryoutcover.eps", height =
5, width = 7, '' horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper =
"special"))'
>>>> eval(expression_nr. 83 )
=================
> dryoutcover.plot
.. after 'expression(dryoutcover.plot)'
>>>> eval(expression_nr. 84 )
=================
> dev.off()
curr.fun: symbol dev.off
quartz
2
.. after 'expression(dev.off())'
How can I get the non-verbose source() of my script to work?
Anthony
R 1.9.0
Mac OS 10.3.3
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