[R] error: too many open devices

John Fox jfox at mcmaster.ca
Sat Apr 9 22:59:49 CEST 2005


Dear Kate,

Open a graphics window with windows(). From the history menu, turn recording
on. You should be able to record 100 graphs, using the Page Up and Down keys
to move through the graph history.

I hope this helps,
 John 

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
905-525-9140x23604
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Kate Walton
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 3:20 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] error: too many open devices
> 
> Hi,
> 
> R stops running my code and gives me the following error message:
> 
> Error in win.graph(width = 8.5, height = 11) :
>         too many open devices
> 
> My code calls for R to produce over 100 graphs, but it stops 
> running and gives me this error message after about 60. I'm 
> sure there's an easy fix. Anyone know?
> 
> Many thanks in advance, Kate
> 
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