[R] setting plotting device

[Paul Hiemstra]

utkarshsinghal wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have recently *re*-installed R-2.9.1 in my Linux machine. 
Hi,

Did you use the package manager of you linux distro, or did you compile 
from source.

cheers,
Paul
> Since then, 
> I am unable to plot using the usual interactive device.
>  > plot(1:10)
> This plots in a pdf file "Rplots.pdf" in my working directory.
>
>  > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26)
> i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
>  > dev.cur()
> null device
>           1
>  > capabilities(what = NULL)
>     jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets
>    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE
>   libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo
>     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE    FALSE    FALSE
>
>  > dev.interactive()
> [1] FALSE
>
> Before re-installation, everything was working perfectly.
>
> Please suggest, how do I set the interactive device as default?
>
> Thank in advance,
> Regards,
> Utkarsh
>
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