[R] how to check "capabilities" of an graphics device?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 24/03/2014 12:16, Pascal Oettli wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You can check the output of:
>
> R> capabilities(what = NULL)

You can, but dev.capabilities() will be more useful.

>
> Regards,
> Pascal
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Before plotting to an device, I would like check which
>> capabilities/properties it has to avoid
>> warnings such as:
>>
>> In plot.xy(xy, type, ...) :
>>    semi-transparency is not supported on this device: reported only once per page



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