[R] Is it possible to modify the position of the graphic window ?

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "RT" == Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
>>>>>     on Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:57:12 +1300 writes:

    RT> On 7/11/2007, at 9:12 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

    >> 1) Did you merge the resources or restart X?  You need to
    >> in order to get new resources to be recognized.
    >> 
    >> xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources would be needed to merge
    >> resources into the current X session.

    RT> 	No I didn't.  Didn't know or didn't remember
    RT> about the merge business.  Dang!  That works.  But only
    RT> for the auto-start device, not for x11().

Really?  It should influence all instances of x11(), not only
the "auto-start device" --- which, BTW, is identical to
getOption("device") as has been mentioned here ---
and it does so for me {on Linux}.

BTW: For testing,  you can use xrdb directly, i.e., in a shell:

   echo 'R_x11*geometry: 500x700-0-0' | xrdb -merge

The above option looking useful for my typical use with ESS.
Martin

    >> I don't know if MacOS X11 is standard enough to support
    >> this, but it is a very long-standing basic part of X11.
    >> 
    >> 2)
    >> options(device=function() x11(xpos=-1)) plot(1:10)
    >> 
    >> should work (does for me): it does not affect x11() in
    >> any way, just the auto-start graphics device.

    RT> 	Right.  That works too.  Missed the distinction
    RT> between x11() and the auto-start device.

    RT> 	Thanks very much.

    RT> 		cheers,

    RT> 			Rolf

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