[R] png(): Linux vs Windows

[(Ted Harding)]

On 12-Oct-08 22:09:46, jim holtman wrote:
> Seem to work fine on my R 2.7.2 version of Windows:
> 
>> png(file="myplot.png", bg="transparent", units='cm',
>> width=12,height=15, res=200)
>> plot(1:10)
>> rect(1, 5, 3, 7, col="white")
>> dev.off()
> 
> Did you check the version they are using.

Hi Jim,
Thanks! I've now learned that it is R 2.5.1 (which I see
is from June 2007).
Ted.


> 
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Ted Harding
> <Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> Quick question. I have the following line in an R code file
>> which runs fine on Linux:
>>
>> if(PNG) png(GraphName,width=12,height=15,units="cm",res=200)
>>
>> I learn that, when the same code was run on a Windows machine,
>> there was the following error:
>>
>> Error in png(GraphName,width=12,height=15,units="cm",res=200):
>>        unused argument(s) (units = "cm")
>>
>> Sorry to be a bother -- but could a Windows Ruser put me wise
>> on any differences between png() on Windows and Linux?
>>
>> (And, sorry, I don't know what version of R, nor what version
>> of Windows, this occurred on).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ted.
>>
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