[R] Problems in plot

[Uwe Ligges]

"Yao, Minghua" wrote:
> 
> The problem is still there if windows() is used.

OK, so we need a reproducible example. Please specify some code that
results (at least sometimes) in the mentioned error message.

I tried

for(i in 1:20){
 windows()
 par(cex = 0.75)
 plot(1:10)
}

and all plots came out well...

Uwe Ligges



> Minghua
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thu 4/29/2004 9:31 AM
> To: Yao, Minghua
> Cc: R Help
> Subject: Re: [R] Problems in plot
> 
> The primary graphics device under Windows is called *windows* not *x11*.
> 
> Something in your Windows setup is sometimes failing to choose a
> reasonable window size.  I have never seen that, and suspect it is nothing
> to do with it, but please use windows() and see if the problem vanishes.
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Yao, Minghua wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have R1.9.0 under Windows XP. My program plots several plots using
> >
> > x11()
> > par(cex = 0.75)
> > ......
> > x11()
> > par(cex = 0.75)
> > ......
> > x11()
> > par(cex = 0.75)
> > ......
> > x11()
> > par(cex = 0.75)
> > ......
> >
> > Sometimes, one of them generates  a small frame only with title area "R graphics: Device X (ACTIVE)". The message in the console window is
> >
> > Error in plot.new() : Figure margins too large
> >
> > This program ran well under R1.6.X under Windows NT.
> >
> > It seems to me that it is not a specific x11() that generates that small graphics frame.
> >
> > Thank you for you help in advance.
> >
> > Minghua
> >
> >
> >
> >
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