[R] graph bugs using R on MAC

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 11-09-18 5:15 PM, bby2103 at columbia.edu wrote:
> Don and Duncan,
>
> That function works, up to the same point where I can save pdf into
> Word using the menu. But when I use Identify function together with
> plot function, the Quartz window has to be closed before I can go back
> the console to execute "copy2eps" function. But by then, I don't have
> an active device anymore. So it beats the purpose.

You stop the identify function by right-clicking in the graphics window. 
I have my one-button Mac set up to do this with a two-finger tap, you 
may have it set some other way.  (I think Mac calls this a "secondary 
tap".)  After that dev.copy2eps should copy the identifiers too.

Duncan Murdoch


>
> Dan,
>
> I'm using Word 2004. Upgrading Word is an idea. I will definitely look
> into it, although I didn't think those who didn't have this problem
> necessarily had a higher version of Word.
>
> Bonnie Yuan
>
> Quoting Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 11-09-18 4:53 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>> I think it's actually dev.copy2eps()
>>>
>>> or at least that one works.
>>
>> Right, sorry.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 1:51 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11-09-18 4:11 PM, bby2103 at columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I'm positive I had the right window highlighted, and I have
>>>>> shown
>>>>> this problem to lots of people including tech staff, to get no
>>>>> answers. So I suspect it's probably a somewhat obscure problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan, thanks for the lead on the new group. I will follow up on
>>>>> that. What is the copy2eps? Is it to Excel? Do you get that option
>>>>> in R?
>>>>
>>>> copy2eps() is a function in R.  Try ?copy2eps for details.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bonnie Yuan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11-09-18 3:48 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 12:38 PM, bby2103 at columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is has been bugging me for a long time. Nobody around me
>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>> to have this problem. I hope someone on the forum could help me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I generate a R graph and want to bring the image into Word. I
>>>>>>>> cannot copy and paste it like many of my classmates can do. The
>>>>>>>> "Select" in Edit menu have all options grayed out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You want "Copy", not "Select".  Then Paste into your word
>>>>>>> processor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't work for me with OpenOffice (I don't have Word).
>>>>>> copy2eps(file="some.eps") does work, along with Insert | Picture
>>>>>> | From
>>>>>> file...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So what I ended up doing is to save it as pdf file and bring it
>>>>>>>> into Word. But if I use "Identify" in the Plot statement, there
>>>>>>>> will be values labels on the graph when you click on the
>>>>>>>> observation. For some reason, these labels don't show up in the
>>>>>>>> pdf
>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They did show up with copy2eps().  I didn't try copy2pdf(); my
>>>>>> copy of
>>>>>> OpenOffice doesn't recognize .pdf as a picture type.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But Bonnie will probably get a better answer on the R-sig-mac list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the last resort I have is prinscreen, which always have
>>>>>>>> irrelevant things showing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've tried updating R/OS and all softwares on my MAC, but nothing
>>>>>>>> seems to do anything. I have OX 10.6.8. Does this problem sound
>>>>>>>> familiar to anyone?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bonnie Yuan
>>>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Don McKenzie, Research Ecologist
>>> Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
>>> US Forest Service
>>>
>>> Affiliate Professor
>>> School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
>>> CSES Climate Impacts Group
>>> University of Washington
>>>
>>> phone: 206-732-7824
>>> dmck at uw.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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