[R] graph dimensions default

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Simon Pickett wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to (if possible) set the default width and height for graphs
> at the start of each session and have each new graphic device overwrite
> the previous one.

Hmm.  It is graphics devices that have dimensions, and plots that 
overwrite other plots on a device, so your intentions are pretty unclear. 
(If you resize a device window the plot dimensions change so they are not 
intrinsic to the plot.)

If you want the default behaviour to be like normal but with, say, a wider 
onscreen device window you can have (on Windows, which you didn't say)

mywindows <- function(...) windows(width=10, height=6, ...)
options(device="mywindows")

in your ~/.Rprofile .  Otherwise, please try again to tell us what you 
do want.


>
> I only know how to do this using windows(width=,height=...) which opens up
> a new plotting device every time, so I end up with lots of graphs all over
> the place until I get the one I want!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Simon
>
>
> Simon Pickett
> PhD student
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>
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>
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