[R] is a very big graphics-device

[Sean Davis]

I typically do this with a large PDF [pdf(width=33, height=24), for 
example].  Most of the PDF viewers allow zooming in and out as well as 
"grabbing" the page to move it around.

Sean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Harding" <Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
To: "Markus Hummel (WEB.DE)" <markus_hummel at web.de>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:03 AM
Subject: RE: [R] is a very big graphics-device


> On 02-Apr-05 Markus Hummel (WEB.DE) wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i am searching now the R-Documentation many hours, but i cannot find a
>> solution to my problem. I hope, i can solve my issue with R.
>>
>> i have data-tables, 15*40 data-tables
>>
>> i want to visualise this.
>> [...]
>> i want it for 15x40 grid in a big window, so i can scroll and see how
>> the data-tables change.
>>
>> i tried to do so, but with many grids i become the error
>>
>> " Error in plot.new() : Figure margins too large "
>>
>> is something like that possible with r?
>
> I don't know if there is a direct way to do it (others are
> expert in unusual graphics), but the following, for instance,
> works on my system (Red Hat Linux, Gnome desktop):
>
>  X11(width=40,height=5)
>  x<-rnorm(4001);X<-x[1:4000]+x[2:4001]
>  plot(X,type="l")
>
> with the result that there is a long horizontal window,
> extending far beyond the sides of the X display. At any
> one time it shows about 1500 of the 4000 data points.
>
> The window can be slid from left to right by putting
> the mouse on the top bar, holding down the left button,
> and dragging the window from side to side.
>
> Then the parts off the screen to one side come onto the
> screen, and the part on the screen at the other side
> disappear off the screen.
>
> You could try doing say
> X11(width=80,height=30)
> to put 15x40 2-inch by 2-inch graphs onto it. In my system,
> I can move this X window onto a different "workspace" so
> that it does not interfere with the workspace where I'm
> doing the R work. However, there doesn't seem to be a
> means to mive it up and down in the same way as from side to
> side: only the top bar works for this, and it cannot be moved
> ff the screen.
>
> Good luck,
> Ted.
>
>
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