[Rd] Example in pdf() help file (PR#8083)

ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon Aug 22 09:47:45 CEST 2005


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Please consult the help _file_!  This is correct in the file, but has been=
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incorrectly marked for conversion (now fixed).

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 Erik.Jorgensen at agrsci.dk wrote:

>
> The example in the help file for pdf() plots the characters outside
> the plotting area in this for loop:
>
>    for(i in c(32:255)) {
>         x <- i
>         y <- i
>         points(x, y, pch=3Di)
>     }
>
> The following loop seems to be working as intended
>
>     for(i in c(32:255)) {
>         x <- (i-31)%%16
>         y <- (i-31)%/%16
>         points(x, y, pch=3Di)
>     }

No, i%%16 etc was intended.

> As an extra observation, with code page ISOLatin2, the pdf-file fails to
> open in Ghostview 4.7 using ghostscript 8.51. Error message below. In
> Acrobat Reader 7.0 it opens without problems. It is quite possible that
> it is the settings on my computer that causes the error,

It's nothing to do with R, but to do with how your computer is set.
BTW, I am pretty sure this is GSView 4.7, a different program.

> but I include the dump of the error message, just in case anybody was
> interested
>
> Best regards
>
> Erik J=F8rgensen
> Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
>
> --please do not edit the information below--
>
> Version:
>  platform =3D i386-pc-mingw32
>  arch =3D i386
>  os =3D mingw32
>  system =3D i386, mingw32
>  status =3D
>  major =3D 2
>  minor =3D 1.1
>  year =3D 2005
>  month =3D 06
>  day =3D 20
>  language =3D R
>
> Windows XP Professional (build 2600) Service Pack 2.0
>
> Locale:
> LC_COLLATE=3DDanish_Denmark.1252;LC_CTYPE=3DDanish_Denmark.1252;LC_MONETA=
RY=3DDanish_Denmark.1252;LC_NUMERIC=3DC;LC_TIME=3DDanish_Denmark.1252
>
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:lattice, package:methods, package:stats,
> package:graphics, package:grDevices, package:utils, package:datasets,
> Autoloads, package:base
>
>
>
> -------------------
>
> GSview 4.7 2005-03-26
> AFPL Ghostscript 8.51 (2005-04-18)
> Copyright (C) 2005 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
> This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
> Scanning PDF file
> %GSVIEW_PDF_PAGES: 1 1
> Displaying PDF page 1
> %GSVIEW_PDF_PAGE: 1
> %GSVIEW_PDF_MEDIA: [0 0 432 432]
> %GSVIEW_PDF_ROTATE: 0
> Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from c:\gs\fonts/n019003l.pfb... 2291320
> 946479 1594968 288125 3 done.
> Error: /typecheck in --lt--
> Operand stack:
>    --dict:4/4(L)--   F2   1   --dict:5/5(L)--   --dict:5/5(L)--
> --dict:15/16(ro)(G)--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   1
> --nostringval--   1   --nostringval--
> Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3
> %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2
>  --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
> %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %array_continue   --nostringval--
> false   1   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   %loop_continue
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %array_continue   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>    --dict:1129/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:79/200(L)--
> --dict:105/127(ro)(G)--   --dict:251/347(ro)(G)--   --dict:21/24(L)--
> --dict:4/6(L)--   --dict:20/20(L)--   --dict:10/13(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> pdf_page failed
>
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