[R] problem with pdf() on Mac Os X

[Prof Brian Ripley]

There is an R-sig-mac list for MacOS-specific questions.

Do check that it is the pdf file and not your viewer that is giving the 
problem.  Many similar reports have been traced to faulty PDF viewers.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, guillaume allain wrote:

> Hello R helpers,
>
> I am quite new as a R user, and even more on a Mac Os. I am running R under 
> Emacs 21.3.30.5 through ESS.
>
> I have some problems with the pdf() device :  when sent to it, plots don't 
> come out with any
> labels, titles or whatever written. I don't have that problem when plots are 
> sent to X11 or postscript devices.
>
> As pdf is the native format on Mac Os X, i find it sad to have to go through 
> .ps then .pdf using ps2pdf... Here's my R version
>
> platform powerpc-apple-darwin6.8
> arch     powerpc
> os       darwin6.8
> system   powerpc, darwin6.8
> status
> major    2
> minor    0.1
> year     2004
> month    11
> day      15
> language R

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