[R] Plot device stretched on Mac - any advice?

Jeff Newmiller jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us
Tue May 7 17:41:30 CEST 2013


Mac OSX-specific questions should be directed to r-sig-mac.

Also, you should search before posting... this has been answered many times. I recommend search terms "R aspect ratio".
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Gunnar <gunnar at gmallon.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am using R 3.0.0 on MacOSX 10.7.5 and I am have problem with
>visualizing
>data in R. When I open a simple plot,
>
>plot (1,1);
>
><http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4666461/Screen_Shot_2013-05-07_at_11.06.19.png>
>
>
>I get a rectangular window with the labels stretched (see example). I
>have
>searched for a solution online, but have been unable to find an answer
>on
>how to make the default device appear as a square. If you have any
>suggestions which functions/parameters to look up or how to solve this,
>it
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Gunnar
>
>
>
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