[R] Paper Size

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On 10 May 2000, Douglas Bates wrote:

> Erin Hodgess <hodgess at uhddx01.dt.uh.edu> writes:
> 
> > Here is a nice simple question:  On Version 1.0.0, where is the file 
> > that has the paper size for plots?
> > 
> > UNIX Dec Alpha please?
> 
> Paper size is set in the shell script called R.  In my case that is
> /usr/bin/R.  Your location for the R script may be different, perhaps
> /usr/local/bin/R.  The script reads, in part,

[R RHOME will tell you where: replace `lib' by `bin'.]

> # Default printer paper size
> # Choose one of the following:
> # R_PAPERSIZE="a4"
> # R_PAPERSIZE="letter"
> # R_PAPERSIZE="none"
> : ${R_PAPERSIZE=letter}
> export R_PAPERSIZE
> 
> You can override that selection by setting the environment variable
> R_PAPERSIZE to "a4" or to "letter" before running R.

Just to add a couple of points:

1) That gives the default paper size for plots done by postscript() and not
necessarily by other drivers.  You can override it by specifying `paper'
on a call to postscript().

2) Inside R, options("papersize") will tell you the current setting,
and as from 1.1.0 it will also allow you to set the default paper size.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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