[Rd] text() with large cex parameter crashes X11() (PR#553)

Ben Bolker bolker@zoo.ufl.edu
Mon, 22 May 2000 11:40:58 -0400 (EDT)


  Works here with 1.0.0 (RH Linux 6.0)!

  R --vanilla with

Version:
 platform = i686-unknown-linux
 arch = i686
 os = linux
 system = i686, linux
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 0.0
 year = 2000
 month = February
 day = 29
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, Autoloads, package:base

On Mon, 22 May 2000 plummer@iarc.fr wrote:

> Trying to use text() with very large cex parameter crashes
> R when using the X11() device
> 
> X11()
> plot(1,1,type="n")
> text(1,1,"foo", cex=10)
> 
> This also crashes R
> 
> points(1,1,pch="A", cex=10)
> 
> presumably because we are trying to load a font that doesn't
> exist, but I haven't looked into it.
> 
> Martyn
> 
> 
> --please do not edit the information below--
> 
> Version:
>  platform = i686-unknown-linux
>  arch = i686
>  os = linux
>  system = i686, linux
>  status =
>  major = 1
>  minor = 0.1
>  year = 2000
>  month = April
>  day = 14
>  language = R
> 
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, Autoloads, package:base
> 
> 
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