[R] figure margins too large for a barplot in png, pdf ok

[Alexy Khrabrov]

On May 6, 2008, at 10:30 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> What were H & W?  For png() they are (by default) in pixels, for  
> pdf() in inches.
>
> You haven't told us your OS, but I guess Mac OS.  Please update to R  
> 2.7.0: that offers you two new png() devices for higher-quality  
> plots, and various other improvements.  (If you want to use the  
> cairo-based png() at other than 72dpi, use R-patched or remember  
> that the pointsize is mistakenly in pixels.)

For some reason, R 2.6.2 on Mac OSX (indeed) stopped doing png at all,  
even for plot(1:10).  I've been using a postcard printer with A5 size  
in between, was wondering if that affected things -- and changed that  
in Page Setup to US Letter, to no avail.  H an W were 600 x 800,  
resp., and most importantly this same code worked with R 2.6.0 before...

In any case, simply went and installed the 2.7.0, recompiled littler,  
and it all works fine now, just as before.  (Hope the 4/22 build for  
Mac OSX incorporates Simon's recentmost fixes.)  Thanks!

Cheers,
Alexy