[R] loss of information in pdf plots

[Unger, Kristian, Dr.]

Thanks Petr. Unfortunately this does not help.

Kristian

Am 17.04.2012 um 14:18 schrieb Petr PIKAL:

> Hi
>
>>
>> Hi there
>>
>> is it possible that pdfs generated using the pdf() function with default
>
>> settings leads to loss of information? I was plotting copy number
> changes
>> from Agilent 180k data in form of rectangles (rect()) while each
> rectangle
>> represents one region of copy number change. When plotting into a pdf I
>> noticed that some very small rectangles do not appear (even after
>> extensive zooming) in the pdf using the pdf() function. But they do when
>
>> writing the screen output into a pdf using the GUI. Does anyone have
> some
>> advice on this how I can plot pdfs without losing information?
>
> I am not sure if it has something to do with dingbats but you could try
> it.
>
> Set
>
> useDingbats=FALSE
>
> in you pdf call.
>
> Regards
> Petr
>
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Kristian
>>
>> R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] de_DE.UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8/C/de_DE.UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] CGHregions_1.12.0 CGHcall_2.14.0    CGHbase_1.12.0    marray_1.32.0
>> [5] limma_3.10.3      Biobase_2.14.0    DNAcopy_1.28.0    impute_1.28.0
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_2.14.0
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