Well, one way you can try is to define the different styles you want in
your $HOME/.Rprofile file (see ?Startup). For example
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
library(graphics)
op <- par(no.readonly = TRUE) # store original par
par0 <- function(){ par(op) } # restore original par
par1 <- function(){ par(lty=1, pch = "X") }
par2 <- function(){ par(col=2, cex.axis=0.1)}
dev.off() # kills the empty window spawned by par
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A typical call might be
par1(); plot(1:5); par0()
par2(); plot(1:10); par0()
It would be more useful to write this as a parser but I do not know how.
BTW, why does calling par(), even with no.readonly=TRUE argument always
insists on opening a graphics window when there is none present. This is
a little bit annoying as the focus changes to the plotting window. Does
anyone know how to turn this feature off ?
Regards, Adai
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 09:53 +0000, Simon.Bond wrote:
> Having experimented with both a sun workstation and a PC, changing
> pointsize within the PC does have the desired effect, but it does nothing
> within the Sun.
>
> Unforutnately, the PC won't let me load the workspace I want (which
> I normally access through the sun) due to `lazy loading' errors.
>
> Thinking more generally, although I think the ability to fine tune R
> graphics is excellent, even superlative, what I would find really useful
> is means to load a whole load of graphical settings in one go; one setting
> to look at on-screen, one setting for written reports, one setting for
> slides. Can anyone suggest a good way of going about this.
>
> thanks Simon
>
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>
> > Simon.Bond wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to use the pdf() function, and would like to increase the font
> > > size for slide-presentation purposes. Changing the
> > > argument `pointsize' doesn't seem to do anything.
> > >
> > > Anyone come across this or know what to do?
> >
> >
> > It does, e.g. compare pointsize=8 / pointsize=14
> >
> > If you want something different, maybe setting argument "cex" (and
> > friends) in par() does what you want. See ?par.
> >
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Simon Bond.
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