Hi Giovanna I have encountered such problem some time ago (so it had to be R 1.8-1.9 approximately). It was connected with some complicated plot statements and usually also with **non english** characters in annotation texts. I did not found any traceable or repeatable pattern and sometime it helped to copy from my Salamander viewer window to notepad. But usually I had to retype a command in command window (not very positive answer :-(
Cheers Petr On 23 Nov 2004 at 9:55, giovanna jona lasinio wrote: > I'm using R since version 1.6, and I didn't redefine plot in my > workspace (I would never even dream of doing anything like that), I > didn't change any R-environment variable or option in the last 4 > month. In my example x is a vector of 30 real values ... > > I installed the windows service pack2 lately and I removed it now as > the microsoft help desk suggested, but the problem is still there and > it is there even with a new computer on which I installed R for the > first time yesterday. The real problem is that the copy-paste > procedure is not recognized any more on these two computers. If I try > to paste any command using other editors then WinEdt the problem is > still there it extends to almost all R commands, only assign and basic > arithmetic is performed correctly > > in the last two days I tried the following editors: > 1. the display file window in the RGUI > 2. RWinEdt > 3. Xemacs > 3. Word pad > 4. Block notes > With no changes. > > Conclusion: How it may happen that the copy and paste procedure stop > working? > > Giovanna > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Uwe Ligges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: lunedě, 22. novembre 2004 18:55 > A: giovanna jona lasinio > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: a question on plot(), workspace or method dispatch, NOT > about: Re: [R] RWinEdt, other text editors and R2.01 a problem in > pasting commands > > > giovanna jona lasinio wrote: > > > Dear All, > > In the last few days I started using the last version of R as I > > encountered a problem with R1.9 and the use of RWinEdt, however the > > problem shows with R2.01 as well. More precisely > > > > 1. I install R2.01 after removing old verions of R > > 2. I Install RWinEdt package versione RWinEdt_1.6-2 and > > SWinRegistry_0.3-2 and everything seems fine 3. I recall the RWinEdt > > library (library(RWinEdt)) and WinEdt appears 4. now after loading a > > workspace I run the following command using the paste icon in > > WinEdt: plot(x,xaxt="n",xlab="time", > ylab=expression(alpha),main=nome,type="l") > > > > And I get the following error message: > > <<Error in stripchart(x, ...) : unused argument(s) (xaxt ...)>> > >>From now on the plot command stops working, it doesn't recognize any > > option not even type="l" or type="b" or anything. > > > > If I type the intrusction directly on the command window without any > > previous paste operation from WinEdt the command works properly. > > > > Furthermore if I try to paste commands by simply coping it from a > > text > > > file and pasting it on the R command window I have the same problem. > > I > > > even tried: > > source("prova.txt") containing the same command line and I got the > > same error: Error in stripchart(x, ...) : unused argument(s) (xaxt > > ...) > > > > I'm not very good at using Windows XP, can anyone help? > > > > Thanks > > Giovanna Jona Lasinio > > Please don't complain about R-WinEdt, WinEdt, other editors, or > Windows if the point is obviously somewhere else! > > 1. Have you redefined plot() in your workspace? > 2. What kind of object is x (in particular it's class, please!)? > > Uwe Ligges > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html Petr Pikal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
