X11() on my Vista machine running 2.8.1 seems to work the same as windows(). From the help page, the only difference I see is that 'X11' (and 'x11') have only width, height and pointsize arguments ('windows' has another 13).
Kingsford On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Ted Harding <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > There is one MAJOR issue you will have to watch out for, far more > likely to turn up than calls like system(). > > This is that, if you want to have two or more plotting windows > in use at the same time, while the first one is autoatically > opened by the plot() command, you will have to open additional > ones explcitily. > > In Linux, the command is X11() [possibly with paramaters, though > usually you don't need to bother]. > > In Windows, it is windows() [ditto]. > > I run R on Linux, so use the X11() command. However, If I write > a script which would also be run on a Windows system, I write > using windows() in the first instance, but with a conditional > "alias" to X11(): > > if(length(grep("linux",R.Version()$os))){ > windows <- function( ... ) X11( ... ) > } > > and put this at the beginning of the code file. Then, if the code > is run on a Windows machine, the function call windows() does the > Windows thing; but if the code is run on Linux then the above test > detects that, and defines a function windows() which does the same > as X11(). > > Ted. > > On 26-Feb-09 01:25:36, Sherri Heck wrote: >> i am asking if, in general, r code can be written on a linux-based >> system and then run on a windows-based system. >> >> Rolf Turner wrote: >>> >>> On 26/02/2009, at 2:08 PM, Sherri Heck wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All- >>>> >>>> I have been given some Rcode that was written using a Linux OS, but I >>>> use Windows-based R. The person that is giving it to me said that it >>>> needs to run on a Linux system. Does anyone have any insight and/or >>>> can >>>> verify this. I haven't yet obtained the code, so I haven't been able >>>> to >>>> try it yet. >>> >>> Despite the knowledge, wisdom, insight, skill, good looks, and other >>> admirable characteristics of the members of the R-help list, few of >>> us are skilled in telepathy or clairvoyance. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Rolf Turner >>> >>> ###################################################################### >>> Attention:This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you >>> are not theintended recipient please delete the message and notify the >>> sender.Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. >>> >>> This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by >>> MailMarshalwww.marshalsoftware.com >>> ###################################################################### >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 26-Feb-09 Time: 03:58:35 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.