[R] screen resolution effects on graphics
Gabor Grothendieck
ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 20:30:56 CEST 2006
Sorry, that still woudl not be good enough. Try this:
as.numeric(sub("^[^:]*:", "", grep("resolution",
shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
value = TRUE)))
On 8/28/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> One other idea. Replace gsub with sub and see if that helps.
> Maybe the output from the video driver has spaces in it.
>
>
> On 8/28/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is what happens when I run it in R 2.3.1:
> >
> > > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution",
> > + shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
> > + value = TRUE)))
> > [1] 1280 1024
> >
> > The result is obviously dependent on your particular video
> > card (I have a radeon). Try running it from outside of R and see
> > what you get:
> >
> > cd \bin
> > cscript displayconfiguration.vbs
> >
> > Also make sure you copied the code correctly from the web site
> > and also try the second solution too just in case.
> >
> > Its possible that virus detection software will interfere since some
> > antivirus programs prevent all vbscript routines from running.
> >
> >
> > On 8/28/06, Charles Annis, P.E.
> > <Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com> wrote:
> > > Gabor:
> > >
> > > I am afraid I am demonstrating my lack of computer savvy.
> > >
> > > As you instructed, I downloaded the code, saved it as the file you
> > > suggested, and executed this within R
> > >
> > > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution",
> > > shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
> > > value = TRUE)))
> > >
> > > The DOS window opened, some magic occurred in the blink of an eye, and the
> > > DOS window closed. I haven't the foggiest idea what to do next since I can
> > > see no evidence of having done anything.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your patience.
> > >
> > >
> > > Charles Annis, P.E.
> > >
> > > Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
> > > phone: 561-352-9699
> > > eFax: 614-455-3265
> > > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck
> > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:39 AM
> > > To: Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com
> > > Cc: r-help
> > > Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics
> > >
> > > 1. Put the code from
> > > www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jul05/hey0721.mspx
> > > into, say, \bin\displayconfiguration.vbs, and then from R do this:
> > >
> > > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution",
> > > shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
> > > value = TRUE)))
> > >
> > >
> > > or we can translate that into R to eliminate the need for a vbs routine
> > > and then run it directly from R (although we will still need the indicated
> > > dll):
> > >
> > > # must have GenericEnum.dll registered. That is, download and unzip:
> > > # http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/download/GenericEnum.zip
> > > # and register it: regsvr32 GenericEnum.dll
> > >
> > > library(RDCOMClient)
> > > strComputer = "."
> > > SWBemlocator <- COMCreate("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
> > > objWMIService <- SWBemlocator$ConnectServer(strComputer,"\\root\\CIMV2")
> > > colItems <- objWMIService$ExecQuery ("Select * from
> > > Win32_DisplayConfiguration")
> > >
> > > lEnum <- COMCreate("GenericEnum.AutomationEnum")
> > > lEnum[["Collection"]] <- colItems
> > >
> > > if (lEnum$SetFirst()) {
> > > repeat {
> > > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["DeviceName"]], "\n")
> > > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["BitsPerPel"]], "\n")
> > > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelswidth"]], "\n")
> > > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelsheight"]], "\n")
> > > if (!lEnum$SetNext()) break
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/28/06, Charles Annis, P.E.
> > > <Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com> wrote:
> > > > My apologies for my oversight. I am using WindowsXP. The code that
> > > > produces a nice-looking jpg (when viewed on my screen) produces cramped
> > > > graphics on a 800 X 600 screen. I can change the spacings on the plot and
> > > > remedy the situation for 800 X 600, but that looks awkward at 1280 X 1024.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Charles Annis, P.E.
> > > >
> > > > Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
> > > > phone: 561-352-9699
> > > > eFax: 614-455-3265
> > > > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of bogdan romocea
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:55 AM
> > > > To: Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com
> > > > Cc: r-help
> > > > Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics
> > > >
> > > > You forgot to mention your OS. This was asked before and if I recall
> > > > correctly the answer for Windows was no. An acceptable solution (imho)
> > > > is to edit the Rprofile.site files and add something like
> > > > pngplotwidth <- 990 ; pngplotheight <- 700
> > > > pdfplotwidth <- 14 ; pdfplotheight <- 10
> > > > Then, use these values in your functions. It's manual, but you only
> > > > need to do this once for each machine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > > > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> > > > > Charles Annis, P.E.
> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:50 AM
> > > > > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > > > Subject: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics
> > > > >
> > > > > Greetings, R-Citizens:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have the good fortune of working with a 19" 1280 X 1024
> > > > > pixel monitor. My
> > > > > R-code produces nice-looking graphics on this machine but the
> > > > > same code
> > > > > results in crowded plots on an older machine with 800 X 600
> > > > > resolution. In
> > > > > hindsight this seems obvious, but I didn't anticipate it.
> > > > >
> > > > > My code will be used on machines with varying graphics (and memory)
> > > > > capacity. Is there a way I can check the native resolution
> > > > > of the machine
> > > > > so that I can make adjustments to my code for the possible
> > > > > limitations of
> > > > > the machine running it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Charles Annis, P.E.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
> > > > > phone: 561-352-9699
> > > > > eFax: 614-455-3265
> > > > > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
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