[R] Determining physical display dimensions

[Liaw, Andy]

The screen devices are not platform independent, so I guess not.

The height and width arguments for windows() is in physical inches, and the
ypinch and xpinch specify pixels per inch, according to ?windows.

Andy

> From: Berton Gunter
> 
> Folks:
> 
> (Basically a non-R question).
> 
> Is there any (simple) OS independent way for (the latest 
> version of) R to
> determine the physical dimensions in pixels of the current 
> display device?
> 
> Failing that, (how) can this be done for Windows (XP or 2000, say) ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- Bert Gunter
> Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
> South San Francisco, CA
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