[R] Legend symbols mixed char and integer

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Mike Prager wrote:

> Dear Gurus,
>
> R 2.11.1 on Windows XP.
>
> This is a problem in interaction between R and pdftex.
>
> I need to generate a plot with both open and filled circles. It is
> simple enough, using pch=1 and pch=16.
>
> The R pdf graphics output is going into pdftex 1.40.10 (MikTeX 2.8).
>
> The R pdf is correct when viewed in other viewers. However, pdftex
> fills the open circles.  I can work around this problem by using
> pch="o" for the open circles. However, that messes up the figure
> legend.
>
> Is it possible to use the pch argument of legend() to specify both a
> symbol number and a character? I haven't found the way.

You don't need to.  pch="o" is the same as pch=111 (the ASCII number). 
See ?points.

> Or is there some known work-around for the pdftex bug?

Well, pdftex is not a viewer and does not of itself process PDF 
inclusions, but see ?pdf and the 'useDingbats' argument.

If you really think this is a bug in your LaTeX system, you should 
report it.  But you haven't shown us reproducible code, and similar 
things have worked for me in the past.

>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Mike Prager, NC, USA


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