[R] graph dimensions default

[Simon Pickett]

Yes,

Thankyou, that does the trick nicely. I thought that kind of thing could
be specified using par() but I guess not.

Thanks again.



> 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
>> Centre For Ecology and Conservation
>> Tremough Campus
>> University of Exeter in Cornwall
>> TR109EZ
>> Tel 01326371852
>>
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>>
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Simon Pickett
PhD student
Centre For Ecology and Conservation
Tremough Campus
University of Exeter in Cornwall
TR109EZ
Tel 01326371852

http://www.uec.ac.uk/biology/research/phd-students/simon_pickett.shtml