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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear all,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks for the response. I did try to change width, height in win.graph but it does not work either. I now belief that it is not a paper size problem but something else; either the restriction of the device windows (which I do not know how to change) or ???? Basically, I am not able to print the whole printable area of a4. When I make more figures in a plot, it just shrink all of the fingers smaller to fit into the centre area. Please help.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Best regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Chuang Fong Kong, Ph D</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Head, Microarrays</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute - Research</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>e-mail: c.kong@pmci.unimelb.edu.au</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Prof Brian D Ripley [<A HREF="mailto:ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk">mailto:ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 3:24 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Faheem Mitha</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: Kong, Chuang Fong; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [R] paper size</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Faheem Mitha wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> The ~/.Renviron method should also work in Windows.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes, but setting R_PAPERSIZE=a4 on the command line is easier on Windows.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> In Unix you can either set the environmental variable in .Renviron or you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> can change the value in config.site. config.site is a shell script, so</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> well may be Unix-specific. However, it (config.site) does yield the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> following useful information</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Those are slightly different. If you set it in config.site, it is compiled</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in as the default for the environment variable R_PAPERSIZE. People on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Windows are normally using pre-compiled versions.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> (from config.site)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> # The paper size for the local (PostScript) printer.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> # It must either be left blank or set to one of "a4" or "letter".</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> # If left blank the system will use "a4".</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> # R_PAPERSIZE=a4</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> So try setting R_PAPERSIZE=a4 in .Renviron (create a .Renviron if you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> don't have one) and see what happens.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Note by the way that command line arguments take precedence.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> By the way, I am surprised that your system does not default to A4. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> thought that A4 defaults were pretty universal (as see the above shell</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> script), but maybe not in NT? What default is your system currently using?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The default on all versions of R is "a4", including Windows (both the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Windows developers live in ISO-conformant countries).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I suspect the critical issue is that R_PAPERSIZE *only* applies to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>postscript device, where it supplies the default for the argument `paper'.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>There are other printer devices on Windows, and it is likely that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>win.print is being used. That defaults to width=height=7(inches),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and those are arguments passed directly to it.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I thought letter was the only other major option.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Faheem.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Kong, Chuang Fong wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Thanks but I forgot to mention that I am using Windows NT, will it work the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > same way? Thanks.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > From: Faheem Mitha [<A HREF="mailto:faheem@email.unc.edu">mailto:faheem@email.unc.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Try setting </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > R_PAPERSIZE=a4 or R_PAPERSIZE=A4 in ~/.Renviron if you are using Unix.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I don't have any documentation for this but at least</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > R_PAPRSIZE=letter works for me in ~/.Renviron </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>See ?postscript for the documentation, which tells you the other options.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Faheem.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Kong, Chuang Fong wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > dear All,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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