On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Simon Pickett wrote: > Yes, > > Thankyou, that does the trick nicely. I thought that kind of thing could > be specified using par() but I guess not.
As I said, size is not a property of the plot. And par() applies to the current device, not future ones. > > Thanks again. > > > >> On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Simon Pickett wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to (if possible) set the default width and height for >>> graphs >>> at the start of each session and have each new graphic device overwrite >>> the previous one. >> >> Hmm. It is graphics devices that have dimensions, and plots that >> overwrite other plots on a device, so your intentions are pretty unclear. >> (If you resize a device window the plot dimensions change so they are not >> intrinsic to the plot.) >> >> If you want the default behaviour to be like normal but with, say, a wider >> onscreen device window you can have (on Windows, which you didn't say) >> >> mywindows <- function(...) windows(width=10, height=6, ...) >> options(device="mywindows") >> >> in your ~/.Rprofile . Otherwise, please try again to tell us what you >> do want. >> >> >>> >>> I only know how to do this using windows(width=,height=...) which opens >>> up >>> a new plotting device every time, so I end up with lots of graphs all >>> over >>> the place until I get the one I want! >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> Simon Pickett >>> PhD student >>> Centre For Ecology and Conservation >>> Tremough Campus >>> University of Exeter in Cornwall >>> TR109EZ >>> Tel 01326371852 >>> >>> http://www.uec.ac.uk/biology/research/phd-students/simon_pickett.shtml >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. >>> >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > > > Simon Pickett > PhD student > Centre For Ecology and Conservation > Tremough Campus > University of Exeter in Cornwall > TR109EZ > Tel 01326371852 > > http://www.uec.ac.uk/biology/research/phd-students/simon_pickett.shtml > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
