[R-SIG-Mac] [R] Sweave, lty = 3 line incorect in pdf output

[Ken Knoblauch]

Thanks.  OK, I'm beginning to believe that it's specific
to my machine, but where to begin to hunt it down?

Ken



Quoting Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu>:

> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010, Ken Knoblauch wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  By intended result, do you mean that the dotted line
>> in the viewed pdf file from the short code appeared correctly?
>> which would support the hypothesis that it is something specific
>> to my computer/setup or that it appeared as I had intended
>> the example to demonstrate? in which case, it is consistent
>> with a problem with Leopard.
>
> It also worked correctly for me on Leopard (10.5.8).
>
>      -thomas
>
>
>> Ken
>>
>> Quoting David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 5:42 AM, Ken Knoblauch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Achim.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, you are right.  That is where the problem is.
>>>> Thanks for helping localize it a bit further.
>>>> So, I should cc this to the r-sig-mac list.
>>>>
>>>> For the r-sig-mac list, here is the original post on the r-help
>>>>
>>>> https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-February/227832.html
>>>>
>>>> The pdf() command (at least on my Mac :( )  appears to have
>>>> a problem in displaying dotted lines (lty = 3).
>>>> Short example,
>>>>
>>>> pdf(file = "test.pdf", height = 6, width = 6)
>>>>
>>>> x <- 1:10
>>>> plot(x, type = "l", lty = 3, lwd = 3)
>>>> lines(x, 0.5 * x, type = "l")
>>>>
>>>> dev.off()
>>>>
>>>
>>> That one produces the intended result when run from the console, while
>>> the attached file in your prior posting had the features you observed
>>> (invisdble in Preview faintlt visible on Acrobat) on my mac 10.5.8
>>> installation. R 2.10.1. Acrobat 8.1.7 and Preview Version 4.2 (469.5).
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hopefully, this is not yet another instance of R-Mac-FAQ 12.10
>>>> but something more easily treated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-02-01 r51089)
>>>> i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
>>>>
>>>> locale:
>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>
>>>> attached base packages:
>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
>>>> [7] base
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>>> [1] tools_2.10.1
>>>>
>>>> R.app GUI 1.32-dev (5548 Leopard build 32-bit),
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Achim Zeileis <Achim.Zeileis at uibk.ac.at>:
>>>>
>>>>> Ken,
>>>>>
>>>>> an idea off-list: Have you tried
>>>>>
>>>>> pdf(file = "test.pdf", height = 6, width = 6)
>>>>> ...
>>>>> dev.off()
>>>>>
>>>>> with your code? This is essentially what Sweave should do internally.
>>>>> If that replicates your problem, it might be a hint that something with
>>>>> pdf() is not working on your machine (rather than Sweave()).
>>>>> Z
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ken Knoblauch
>>>> Inserm U846
>>>> Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute
>>>> Department of Integrative Neurosciences
>>>> 18 avenue du Doyen Lépine
>>>> 69500 Bron
>>>> France
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>>>
>>> David Winsemius, MD
>>> Heritage Laboratories
>>> West Hartford, CT
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Ken Knoblauch
>> Inserm U846
>> Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute
>> Department of Integrative Neurosciences
>> 18 avenue du Doyen Lépine
>> 69500 Bron
>> France
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>> fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61
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> Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
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-- 
Ken Knoblauch
Inserm U846
Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute
Department of Integrative Neurosciences
18 avenue du Doyen Lépine
69500 Bron
France
tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77
fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61
portable: +33 (0)6 84 10 64 10
http://www.sbri.fr/members/kenneth-knoblauch.html