[R] graph dimensions default

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Simon Pickett wrote:

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

As I said, size is not a property of the plot.
And par() applies to the current device, not future ones.

>
> 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
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>>>
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>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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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
>
>

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
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